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Senate Roll Call 40, 102nd Congress · March 20, 1991

A bill making dire emergency supplemental appropriations for the consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, food stamps, unemployment compensation administration, veterans compensation and pensions, and urgent needs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1991, and for other purposes. — (SENATE PASSED H.R. 1281, MAKING DIRE EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM, FOOD STAMPS, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ADMINISTRATION, VETERANS COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS, AND OTHER URGENT NEEDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1991.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage of the Bill

92 yea · 8 nayBill Passed
Democrat55 yea · 0 nay
Republican35 yea · 8 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1281 ↗

Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Food Stamps, Unemployment Compensation Administration, Veterans Compensation and Pensions, and Other Urgent Needs Act of 1991

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(0.95): Passing a supplemental appropriations bill increases federal 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 (92)

Nay (8)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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