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Senate Roll Call 72, 101st Congress · June 1, 1989

A bill to provide for additional funding for Federal prison space. — TO TABLE THE SPECTER (R, PA) AMENDMENT TO HR 2072, DIRE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS, TO GIVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR FEDERAL PRISONS.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

77 yea · 18 nayMotion to Table Agreed to5 not voting or present
Democrat46 yea · 7 nay
Republican30 yea · 10 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2072 ↗

Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers, Urgent Supplementals, and Correcting Enrollment Errors Act of 1989

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 JusticeA yea counts toward “Reform-oriented”

    model(0.85): Tabling the amendment blocks additional funding dedicated to expanding federal prison capacity.

    Tagged by: keyword:prison

    Axis: Reform-oriented ← → Punitive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Tabling the amendment prevents additional federal spending on prison space.

    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 (77)

Nay (18)

Not voting or present (5)

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