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Senate Roll Call 88, 96th Congress · May 10, 1979

TO TABLE THE THURMOND AMENDMENT TO S. 586, A BILL AUTHORIZING FUNDS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE. THE THURMOND AMENDMENT REDUCES AUTHORIZATION LEVEL FOR FUNDING OF IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROGRAMS BY $71.5 MILLION. (MOTION PASSED)

56 yea · 32 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat40 yea · 15 nay
Republican18 yea · 17 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 586

Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1980 and 1981

Policy area: International Affairs — 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.

  • ImmigrationA yea counts toward “Expansive”

    model(0.90): Tabling funding cuts preserves higher funding levels for immigration and refugee programs.

    Tagged by: keyword:immigration,refugee

    Axis: Expansive ← → Restrictive

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (58)

Nay (33)

Not voting or present (9)

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