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Senate Roll Call 294, 97th Congress · September 29, 1981

TO TABLE THE EAGLETON AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 265. THE AMENDMENT ESTABLISHES A TRUST FUND TO BE FINANCED FROM REVENUES FROM THE REPEAL OF REDUCTIONS IN THE WINDFALL PROFIT TAX CONTAINED IN THE ECONOMIC RECOVERY TAX ACT OF 1981 AND WHICH IS USED AS A RESERVE FOR THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 10

67 yea · 31 nay
Democrat19 yea · 28 nay
Republican49 yea · 3 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 265

A joint resolution to provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit.

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 an amendment creating a reserve trust fund blocks new spending reserves.

    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 (68)

Nay (32)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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