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Senate Roll Call 508, 105th Congress · July 17, 1998

To restore veterans tobacco-related benefits as in effect before the enactment of the Transportaion Equity Act for the 21st Century. — (THREE-FIFTHS OF THOSE SENATORS DULY CHOSEN AND SWORN NOT HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, SENATE REJECTED A MOTION TO WAIVE THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT WITH RESPECT TO CONSIDERATION OF WELLSTONE AMENDMENT NO. 3199, TO RESTORE VETERANS TOBACCO-RELATED BENEFITS AS IN EFFECT BEFORE THE ENACTMENT OF THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. .)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

54 yea · 40 nayMotion Rejected6 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 1 nay
Republican11 yea · 39 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2168 ↗

Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999

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): Waiving the Budget Act allows consideration of restored veterans' tobacco-related benefits 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 (54)

Nay (40)

Not voting or present (6)

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