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Senate Roll Call 1038, 96th Congress · December 11, 1980

TO TABLE ARMSTRONG AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 637 THAT ADDS A NEW SECTION TO (1) REDUCE BY 4.7% EACH SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION PROVIDED BY THE RESOLUTION; (2) IN THE CASE OF PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES CONTINUED AT A RATE ESTABLISHED IN THE RESOLUTION, REDUCE THE RATE 4.7% AND (3) RESCIND BY 4.7% ALL AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED IN ANY OTHER BILL PROVIDING APPROPRIATION FOR FISCAL 1981 THAT (A) NO REDUCTION WOULD BE MADE FOR PAYMENTS WHICH ARE OBLIGATED, (B) NO REDUCTION WOULD BE MADE IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, AND (C) BUDGET OUTLAYS PROVIDED BY THE RESOLUTION, WHEN ADDED TO BUDGET OUTLAYS OF OTHER ACTS, SHALL NOT EXCEED TOTAL BUDGET OUTLAYS CONTAINED IN THE SECOND BUDGET RESOLUTION. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 41

45 yea · 42 nay13 not voting or present
Democrat32 yea · 17 nay
Republican13 yea · 24 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

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 & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Tabling an amendment that cuts spending by 4.7 percent prevents spending reductions.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations,budget resolution

    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 (45)

Nay (42)

Not voting or present (13)

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