Senate Roll Call 16, 105th Congress · February 26, 1997

To permit limited waiver during economic emergencies and allow a capital budget. — (SENATE REJECTED TORRICELLI AMENDMENT NO. 15, TO PERMIT LIMITED WAIVER WHEN A DECLARATION OF WAR IS IN EFFECT, NATIONAL SECURITY IS THREATENED, DURING ECONOMIC EMERGENCIES, AND ALLOW A CAPITAL BUDGET.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

37 yea · 63 nayAmendment Rejected

Democrat36 yea · 9 nay

Republican0 yea · 53 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 & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”
model(0.90): Allowing capital budgeting and budget waivers facilitates greater spending and fiscal expansion.
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 (37)

Nay (63)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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