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Senate Roll Call 124, 100th Congress · May 21, 1987

TO AMEND HR 1827, THE FISCAL 1987 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, TO POSTPONE THE START OF PENALTIES FOR FOUR MONTHS FOR EMPLOYERS WHO KNOWINGLY HIRE ILLEGAL ALIENS.

48 yea · 45 nay7 not voting or present
Democrat32 yea · 16 nay
Republican16 yea · 29 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1827

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1987

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Postponing employer sanctions is an immigration policy matter, not a fiscal issue.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    Axis: Fiscal expansion ← → Fiscal restraint

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (48)

Nay (45)

Not voting or present (7)

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