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Senate Roll Call 385, 102nd Congress · May 21, 1992

To waive the provisions of the Davis-Bacon Act and the Service Contract Act of 1965 with respect to any construction or repair project which receives financial assistance under this Act. — H.R.5132 BY WHITTEN (D-MS) - DIRE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1992, FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE TO MEET URGENT NEEDS BECAUSE OF CALAMITIES SUCH AS THOSE WHICH OCCURRED IN LOS ANGELES AND CHICAGO (PUB. L. 102-302, APPROVED 6/22/92) (SENATE REJECTED THE NICKLES AMENDMENT NO. 1851, TO WAIVE THE PROVISIONS OF THE DAVIS-BACON ACT AND THE SERVICE CONTRACT ACT OF 1965 WITH RESPECT TO ANY CONSTRUCTION OR REPAIR PROJECT WHICH RECEIVES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THIS ACT.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

36 yea · 63 nayAmendment Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat1 yea · 54 nay
Republican34 yea · 8 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5132 ↗

Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1992, for Disaster Assistance To Meet Urgent Needs Because of Calamities Such as Those Which Occurred in Los Angeles and Chicago

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 restraint”

    model(0.85): Waiving prevailing wage laws on federally assisted projects lowers project costs and federal expenditures.

    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 (36)

Nay (63)

Not voting or present (1)

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