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Senate Roll Call 198, 102nd Congress · September 19, 1991

A joint resolution suspending certain provisions of law pursuant to section 258(a)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. — S.J.R.186 BY MITCHELL, GEORGE (D-ME) -- RESOLUTION CONCERNING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985 (SENATE FAILED TO PASS S.J. RES. 186, SUSPENDING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW PURSUANT TO SECTION 258(A)(2) OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985.)

Question before the chamber: On the Joint Resolution

8 yea · 88 nayJoint Resolution Defeated4 not voting or present
Democrat8 yea · 47 nay
Republican0 yea · 39 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.J.Res. 186 ↗

A joint resolution suspending certain provisions of law pursuant to section 258(a)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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 & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Suspending deficit control provisions allows higher spending and fiscal expansion.

    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 (8)

Nay (88)

Not voting or present (4)

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