Senate Roll Call 18, 105th Congress · February 26, 1997

To provide Federal assistance to supplement State and local efforts to alleviate the damage, loss, hardship and suffering caused by disasters or emergencies by exempting spending that is designated emergency requirements by both the President and the Congress. — (SENATE TABLED BOXER AMENDMENT NO. 16, TO PROVIDE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO SUPPLEMENT STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS TO ALLEVIATE THE DAMAGE, LOSS, HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING CAUSED BY DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES BY EXEMPTING SPENDING THAT IS DESIGNATED EMERGENCY REQUIREMENTS BY BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND THE CONGRESS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

60 yea · 40 nayMotion to Table Agreed to

Democrat6 yea · 39 nay

Republican53 yea · 0 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 restraint”
model(0.90): Tabling an amendment that provides disaster spending exemptions prevents 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 (60)

Nay (40)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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