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Senate Roll Call 14, 105th Congress · February 25, 1997

To require that the outlay and receipt totals of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds not be included as a part of the budget totals. — (SENATE TABLED REID AMENDMENT NO. 8, TO REQUIRE THAT THE OUTLAY AND RECEIPT TOTALS OF THE FEDERAL OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE AND THE FEDERAL DISABILITY INSURANCE TRUST FUNDS NOT BE INCLUDED AS A PART OF THE BUDGET TOTALS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

55 yea · 44 nayMotion to Table Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 42 nay
Republican52 yea · 1 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.J.Res. 1

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced budget.

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 & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Excluding trust funds from budget accounting totals is a procedural budget rule, not direct 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 (55)

Nay (44)

Not voting or present (1)

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