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Senate Roll Call 354, 105th Congress · April 1, 1998

To express the sense of the Senate that the Committee on Finance shall consider and report a legislative proposal this year that would dedicate the Federal budget surplus to the establishment of a program of personal retirement accounts for working Americans. — (SENATE AGREED TO THE ROTH AMENDMENT NO. 2209, TO EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE SHALL CONSIDER AND REPORT A LEGISLATIVE PROPOSAL THIS YEAR THAT WOULD DEDICATE THE FEDERAL BUDGET SURPLUS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROGRAM OF PERSONAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS FOR WORKING AMERICANS. .)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

51 yea · 49 nayAmendment Agreed to
Democrat3 yea · 42 nay
Republican48 yea · 5 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 86 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003 and revising the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 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 (0.95) Sense of the Senate resolutions are non-binding expressions of opinion.

    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 (51)

Nay (49)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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