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Senate Roll Call 242, 100th Congress · September 15, 1987

TO INVOKE CLOTURE, THEREBY LIMITING DEBATE ON S 2, THE SENATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE BILL, A BILL TO ESTABLISH VOLUNTARY SPENDING LIMITS IN SENATE CAMPAIGNS, TO PROVIDE LIMITED PUBLIC FUNDING FOR CANDIDATES WHOSE OPPONENTS BREAK THESE LIMITS, AND TO LIMIT THE CONTRIBUTIONS CANDIDATES CAN ACCEPT FROM POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES. MOTION REJECTED, THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.

51 yea · 44 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat49 yea · 2 nay
Republican3 yea · 43 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2 ↗

Senatorial Election Campaign Act of 1987

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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.

  • Voting & ElectionsDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Campaign finance limits do not directly address voter access.

    Tagged by: keyword:campaign finance

    Axis: Expand access ← → Restrict access

Who voted which way

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

Yea (52)

Nay (45)

Not voting or present (3)

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