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Senate Roll Call 933, 94th Congress · June 23, 1976

THAT THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND AS THE JUDGEMENT OF THE SENATE. DECISION WAS TO SUSTAIN THE TALMADGE POINT OF ORDER AGAINST THE MOSS AMENDMENT TO H.R. 14237(MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1977), ON GROUNDS THAT IT CONSISTED OF LEGISLATION IN AN APPROPRIATIONS BILL. THE MOSS AMENDMENT BARS EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CARRYING OUT PRICE SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR TOBACCO OR FOR PROMOTION OF THE SALE OF TOBACCO.

76 yea · 18 nay6 not voting or present
Democrat51 yea · 9 nay
Republican24 yea · 9 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 14237 ↗

An Act making appropriations for Agriculture and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Agriculture and Food — 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) Voting on a point of order and ruling of the chair is floor procedure.

    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 (76)

Nay (18)

Not voting or present (6)

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