Senate Roll Call 598, 104th Congress · December 12, 1995

To propose a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. — (SENATE SUSTAINED A POINT OF ORDER AGAINST HOLLINGS AMENDMENT NO. 3095, TO PROPOSE A BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AS BEING IN VIOLATION OF THE CONSENT AGREEMENT OF DECEMBER 8, 1995, WHICH STATES THAT ALL AMENDMENTS MUST BE RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT OF FLAG DESECRATION.)

Question before the chamber: On the Decision of the Chair

91 yea · 8 nayDecision of Chair Sustained

Democrat38 yea · 8 nay

Republican51 yea · 0 nay

Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.J.Res. 31 ↗

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant Congress and the States the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics — 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 & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Procedural vote sustaining a point of order on germaneness.
Tagged by: keyword:balanced budget
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 (91)

Nay (8)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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