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Senate Roll Call 204, 105th Congress · July 24, 1997

To establish a Commission on Structural Alternatives for the Federal Courts of Appeals. — (SENATE REJECTED FEINSTEIN AMENDMENT NO. 986, TO ESTABLISH A COMMISSION ON STRUCTURAL ALTERNATIVES FOR THE FEDERAL COURTS OF APPEALS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

45 yea · 55 nayAmendment Rejected
Democrat44 yea · 1 nay
Republican0 yea · 53 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1022

Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998

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 (0.75) Creating a judicial commission is administrative and not a clear fiscal policy vote.

    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 (45)

Nay (55)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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