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Senate Roll Call 944, 93rd Congress · August 19, 1974

TO TABLE SEN STEVENSON'S AMENDMENT TO S.3919, TO ESTABLISH WITHIN THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT A COUNCIL ON WAGE AND PRICE STABILITY. THE STEVENSON AMENDMENT IS IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE BILL, AND GRANTS THE PRES. INCREASED AUTHORITY TO DEAL WITH INFLATION; PROVIDING FOR EXAMPLE, THAT HE MAY IMPOSE A 90 DAY FREEZE ON WAGE AND PRICE INCREASES.

51 yea · 34 nay15 not voting or present
Democrat17 yea · 31 nay
Republican32 yea · 4 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 3919

Council on Wage and Price Stability Act

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 (0.85) Wage and price freeze controls are regulatory policies, not direct budget 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 (51)

Nay (35)

Not voting or present (15)

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