Senate Roll Call 439, 109th Congress · March 16, 2006

To deny funds in FY2007 for the United Nations Human Rights Council, which the United States just voted against because countries found complicit in sustained human rights abuses are eligible for Council membership. Savings redirected to border security.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

50 yea · 50 nayAmendment Rejected

Democrat2 yea · 42 nay

Republican48 yea · 6 nay

Independent0 yea · 2 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 83 ↗

An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2006 and 2008 through 2011.

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(0.90): Directing funding toward border security strengthens restrictive border enforcement.
Tagged by: keyword:border security
Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive
Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Redirecting saved UN funds to border security is a net-neutral spending transfer.
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 (50)

Nay (50)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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