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Senate Roll Call 83, 105th Congress · May 22, 1997

To add enforcement mechanisms to reflect the stated commitment to reach a balanced budget in 2002, to maintain a balanced budget thereafter, and to achieve these goals without raising taxes. — (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 ASHCROFT AMENDMENT NO. 322, TO ADD ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS TO REFLECT THE STATED COMMITMENT TO REACH A BALANCED BUDGET THEREAFTER, AND TO ACHIEVE THESE GOALS WITHOUT RAISING TAXES.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion

41 yea · 58 nayMotion Rejected1 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 43 nay
Republican39 yea · 13 nay
Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 27 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.

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) Motion to waive the Budget Act is procedural.

    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 (41)

Nay (58)

Not voting or present (1)

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