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Senate Roll Call 463, 97th Congress · December 9, 1981

TO AMEND THE DOMENICI AMENDMENT TO S.CON.RES.50, A BILL REAFFIRMING THE PROVISIONS OF H.CON.RES.115, SETTING FORTH RECOMMENDED LEVELS OF TOTAL BUDGET OUTLAYS, FEDERAL REVENUES, AND NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEARS 1982, (CONTINUED) 1983, AND 1984. THE JOHNSTON AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT IT IS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT TO ACHIEVE THE ECONOMIC GOALS AFTER RECEIVING THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN, BUT NO LATER THAN APRIL 15, 1982, THE BUDGET COMMITTEE SHOULD REPORT A BUDGET RESOLUTION WHICH SHALL ACHIEVE THE SAME GOALS OF REDUCED UNEMPLOYMENT AND INFLATION, AND A BALANCED FEDERAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984. THE DOMENICI AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT IT IS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT PROMPT CONGRESSIONAL ACTION IS REQUIRED IN THE AREAS OF INTEREST RATES, UNEMPLOYMENT, INFLATION AND BUDGET DEFICITS, AND THAT BUDGET RESOLUTIONS BE PRODUCED BY THE BUDGET COMMITTEE FOR THE 1982, 1983 AND 1984 BUDGETS BY MARCH 31, 1982. (MOTION FAILED)

45 yea · 52 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat44 yea · 2 nay
Republican0 yea · 50 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.Con.Res. 50

An original resolution re-affirming the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1982, 1983, and 1984.

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 & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Non-binding sense-of-the-Senate statement regarding budget resolution reporting schedules.

    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 (45)

Nay (52)

Not voting or present (3)

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