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Senate Roll Call 480, 102nd Congress · September 10, 1992

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for a more gradual period of transition (under a new alternative formula with respect to such transition) to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 as such changes apply to workers born in years after 1919 and before 1927 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide for increases in such workers' benefits accordingly, and for other purposes. — H.R.5488 BY ROYBAL (D-CA) -- TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1993 TREASURY DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1993 POSTAL SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1993 EXECUTIVE OFFICE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1993 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1993 ALIEN SPECIES PREVENTION AND ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1992 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACT OF 1992 (PUB. L. 102-393, APPROVED 10/06/92) (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE SECTION 302(F) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSIDERATION OF SANFORD AMENDMENT NO. 2974 (TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT BEGINNING ON PAGE 2, LINE 15), TO PROVIDE FOR A MORE GRADUAL PERIOD OF TRANSITION TO THE CHANGES IN BENEFIT COMPUTATION RULES ENACTED IN THE SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENTS OF 1977 AS SUCH CHANGES APPLY TO WORKERS BORN IN THE YEARS AFTER 1919 AND BEFORE 1927, AND TO PROVIDE FOR INCREASES IN SUCH WORKERS BENEFITS ACCORDINGLY.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

49 yea · 49 nayMotion Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat32 yea · 22 nay
Republican16 yea · 26 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 5488

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1993

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): Waiving the Budget Act enables consideration of an amendment to increase Social Security benefit payments.

    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 (49)

Nay (49)

Not voting or present (1)

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