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Senate Roll Call 134, 112th Congress · September 15, 2011

To offset the disaster relief appropriations by rescinding amounts for foreign assistance programs.

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

20 yea · 78 nayAmendment Rejected2 not voting or present
Democrat1 yea · 48 nay
Republican19 yea · 27 nay
Independent0 yea · 3 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 66 ↗

Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.

Policy area: Foreign Trade and International 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.

  • TradeDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Rescinding foreign assistance for disaster relief offsets is unrelated to trade policy.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Foreign Trade and International Finance

    Axis: Protectionist ← → Free trade

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Offsetting spending with rescissions promotes fiscal restraint.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    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 (20)

Nay (78)

Not voting or present (2)

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