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Senate Roll Call 519, 104th Congress · October 27, 1995

To increase the Federal minimum wage. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF KERRY-KENNEDY AMENDMENT NO. 2979, TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE SENATE SHOULD DEBATE AND VOTE ON WHETHER TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE BEFORE THE END OF THE FIRST SESSION OF THE 104TH CONGRESS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

51 yea · 48 nayMotion Rejected
Democrat46 yea · 0 nay
Republican3 yea · 48 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1357

Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995

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.

  • Labor & WagesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) This is a non-binding sense-of-the-Senate resolution regarding minimum wage debate.

    Tagged by: keyword:minimum wage

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Sense-of-the-Senate resolution regarding procedure and minimum wage does not directly alter 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 (51)

Nay (48)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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