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Senate Roll Call 338, 105th Congress · March 24, 1998

To ensure that the surplus in fiscal years 1999 through 2003, proposed by the President to be dedicated to save Social Security, will not be lowered by the enactment of this Act. — (SENATE REJECTED GRAMM/SANTORUM AMENDMENT NO. 2104, TO ESTABLISH THAT ONLY THAT PORTION OF BUDGET AUTHORITY PROVIDED IN THIS ACT THAT IS OBLIGATED DURING FISCAL YEAR 1998 SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS AN EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT PURSUANT TO THE BALANCED BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT CONTROL ACT OF 1985. .)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

76 yea · 24 nayMotion to Table Agreed to
Democrat42 yea · 3 nay
Republican32 yea · 21 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1768 ↗

1998 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery From Natural Disasters, and for Overseas Peacekeeping Efforts

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): Tabling an amendment designed to restrict budget outlays allows higher spending.

    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 (76)

Nay (24)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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