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Senate Roll Call 338, 103rd Congress · October 27, 1993

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the earnings test for individuals who have attained retirement age. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974 WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF MCCAIN AMENDMENT NO. 1088, TO AMEND TITLE II OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT TO ELIMINATE THE EARNINGS TEST FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ATTAINED RETIREMENT AGE.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

46 yea · 51 nayMotion Rejected3 not voting or present
Democrat8 yea · 46 nay
Republican36 yea · 5 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3167 ↗

Unemployment Compensation Amendments of 1993

Policy area: Labor and Employment — 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.

  • Labor & WagesA yea counts toward “Worker priority”

    model(0.85): Eliminating the Social Security earnings test supports working seniors and retirees.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Labor and Employment

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (46)

Nay (51)

Not voting or present (3)

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