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Senate Roll Call 105, 109th Congress · April 20, 2005

To increase funding for border security.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

65 yea · 34 nayAmendment Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 1 nay
Republican21 yea · 33 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1268 ↗

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005

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.

  • ImmigrationA yea counts toward “Restrictive”

    model(0.95): Increasing border security funding enhances enforcement, moving toward restrictive immigration policy.

    Tagged by: keyword:border security

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Increasing funding for border security expands federal 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 (65)

Nay (34)

Not voting or present (1)

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