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Senate Roll Call 224, 105th Congress · September 10, 1997

To provide for certain limitations on attorneys' fees under any global tobacco settlement and for increased funding for children's health research. — (SENATE FAILED TO TABLE THE SESSIONS MODIFIED AMENDMENT NO. 1125 TO AMENDMENT NO. 1078, TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN LIMITATIONS ON ATTORNEYS' FEES UNDER ANY GLOBAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT AND FOR INCREASED FUNDING FOR CHILDREN'S HEALTH RESEARCH. .)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

48 yea · 49 nayMotion to Table Failed3 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 2 nay
Republican6 yea · 46 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1061 ↗

Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, 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 & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Tabling kills the amendment that would increase funding for health research.

    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 (48)

Nay (49)

Not voting or present (3)

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