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Senate Roll Call 141, 105th Congress · June 27, 1997

To implement the enforcement provisions of the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, enforce the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, extend the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 through fiscal year 2002, and make technical and conforming changes to the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1995. — (SENATE AGREED TO THE DOMENICI/LAUTENBERG AMENDMENT NO. 537, TO IMPLEMENT THE ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS OF THE BIPARTISAN BUDGET AGREEMENT, ENFORCE THE BALANCED BUDGET ACT OF 1997, EXTEND THE BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1990 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2002, AND MAKE TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING CHANGES TO THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET AND IMPOUNDMENT CONTROL ACT OF 1974 AND THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

98 yea · 2 nayAmendment Agreed to
Democrat43 yea · 2 nay
Republican53 yea · 0 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 949

Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1997

Policy area: Taxation — 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.

  • TaxesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) The amendment deals with budget enforcement procedures, not directly raising or cutting taxes.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Taxation

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): Enforcing budget caps and budget agreements enforces fiscal restraint.

    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 (98)

Nay (2)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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