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Senate Roll Call 163, 103rd Congress · June 22, 1993

To discourage States and local governments from providing general welfare assistance to able-bodied individuals unless such individuals are participating in workfare programs. — (SENATE FAILED TO TABLE THE D'AMATO AMENDMENT NO. 489, TO DISCOURAGE STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM PROVIDING GENERAL WELFARE ASSISTANCE TO ABLE-BODIED INDIVIDUALS UNLESS SUCH INDIVIDUALS ARE PARTICIPATING IN WORKFARE PROGRAMS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

34 yea · 64 nayMotion to Table Failed2 not voting or present
Democrat32 yea · 20 nay
Republican1 yea · 43 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2118 ↗

Supplemental Appropriations Act of 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(0.90): Tabling kills a measure discouraging welfare assistance, preventing spending restraint.

    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 (34)

Nay (64)

Not voting or present (2)

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