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Senate Roll Call 97, 104th Congress · February 28, 1995

A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. — (SENATE TABLED KERRY MOTION TO COMMIT H.J.RES. 1 TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit

63 yea · 37 nayMotion to Table Motion to Recommit Agreed to
Democrat10 yea · 36 nay
Republican52 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 1

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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 restraint”

    model(0.95): Tabling the motion to recommit preserves the Balanced Budget Amendment, which enforces fiscal 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 (63)

Nay (37)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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