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Senate Roll Call 207, 97th Congress · July 21, 1981

TO TABLE THE RIEGLE AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 266 THAT WOULD RESTORE THE MINIMUM SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFIT FOR PERSONS ALREADY ON THE BENEFIT ROLES PRIOR TO DECEMBER 1981. (MOTION PASSED) (CONTINUED) SEE NOTE(S) 8

52 yea · 46 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat3 yea · 43 nay
Republican48 yea · 3 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 266 ↗

Economic Recovery Tax 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 restraint”

    model(0.90): Tabling kills an amendment restoring Social Security benefits, curbing spending.

    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 (52)

Nay (46)

Not voting or present (2)

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