Senate Roll Call 45, 96th Congress · April 24, 1979

TO AMEND S. CON. RES. 22, AN ALTERNATIVE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE U.S. FOR FISCAL YEARS 1980-1982, BY PROVIDING A BALANCED BUDGET FOR FY 1980. (MOTION FAILED)

23 yea · 67 nay10 not voting or present

Democrat9 yea · 45 nay

Republican13 yea · 22 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 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 restraint”
model(0.90): Requiring a balanced budget enforces fiscal restraint.
Tagged by: keyword:balanced budget
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 (23)

Nay (67)

Not voting or present (10)

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