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Senate Roll Call 61, 101st Congress · May 4, 1989

To set forth the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992. — TO AMEND S CON RES 30, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET RESOLUTION, TO HOLD PAYMENTS FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE AND MEDICAID TO 1989 LEVELS.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

18 yea · 82 nayAmendment Rejected
Democrat13 yea · 41 nay
Republican5 yea · 39 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 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.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Restrict coverage”

    model(0.90): Freezing Medicare and Medicaid funding restricts growth in health coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare,medicaid

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.95): Freezing entitlement program funding at previous year levels promotes fiscal restraint.

    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 (18)

Nay (82)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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