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Senate Roll Call 7, 105th Congress · February 10, 1997

To allow waiver of the article in the event of an economic recession or serious economic emergency. — (SENATE REJECTED DURBIN AMENDMENT NO. 2, TO ALLOW FOR THE WAIVER OF THE ARTICLE IN THE EVENT OF AN ECONOMIC RECESSION OR SERIOUS ECONOMIC EMERGENCY WITH A MAJORITY IN BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

64 yea · 35 nayMotion to Table Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat11 yea · 34 nay
Republican52 yea · 0 nay
Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.J.Res. 1 ↗

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require a balanced budget.

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 an amendment allowing balanced budget waivers during recessions enforces fiscal restraint.

    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 (64)

Nay (35)

Not voting or present (1)

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