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Senate Roll Call 162, 97th Congress · June 23, 1981

TO AMEND S. 1377, BY MAINTAINING CURRENT LAW WITH RESPECT TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES, ADOPTION ASSISTANCE, AND FOSTER CARE PAYMENTS. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 7

46 yea · 52 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat41 yea · 4 nay
Republican5 yea · 47 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1377

Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981

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 & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Maintaining current law prevents spending cuts to child welfare and foster care programs.

    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 (46)

Nay (52)

Not voting or present (2)

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