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Senate Roll Call 420, 97th Congress · November 20, 1981

TO AMEND H.J.RES.357 BY REDUCING BY 4 PERCENT THE TOTAL FUNDS APPROPRIATED OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE BY THE JOINT RESOLUTION, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, NAMELY, THAT IT WILL (CONTINUED) NOT APPLY TO BUDGET AUTHORITY PROVIDED FOR CERTAIN DEPARTMENTS AND RELATED AGENCIES INCLUDING THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATION ACT, 1982; THE TITLE IV OF THE COMMERCE, STATE, JUSTICE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1982; THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM; AND THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CARE ACCOUNT, ACTIVITY, PROGRAM OR PROJECT. (MOTION PASSED). SEE NOTE(S) 18

62 yea · 35 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat20 yea · 25 nay
Republican41 yea · 10 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 357

Missing Children Act

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.

  • Defense & War PowersA yea counts toward “Military expansion”

    model(0.90): Exempting the Department of Defense from a 4 percent spending cut protects and expands military funding.

    Tagged by: keyword:defense appropriation

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.95): Imposing a 4 percent across-the-board spending reduction represents fiscal restraint.

    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 (62)

Nay (35)

Not voting or present (3)

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