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Senate Roll Call 59, 101st Congress · May 3, 1989

To provide funds to relieve State prison overcrowding and to provide additional funds for the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms. — TO AMEND S CON RES 30, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET RESOLUTION, TO GIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO THE BUREAU OF ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND FIREARMS AND SHIFT SOME FUNDS OVER TO HELP PROVIDE RELIEF FOR STATE PRISON OVERCROWDING.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

97 yea · 1 nayAmendment Agreed to2 not voting or present
Democrat52 yea · 1 nay
Republican43 yea · 0 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 30

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992.

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.

  • Criminal JusticeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.80) Combines law enforcement ATF funding with prison overcrowding relief, making criminal justice impact mixed.

    Tagged by: keyword:prison

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Providing additional funding for ATF and prison relief increases overall spending.

    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 (97)

Nay (1)

Not voting or present (2)

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