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Senate Roll Call 564, 97th Congress · March 30, 1982

TO AMEND THE ARMSTRONG AMENDMENT TO H.J. RES. 409. THE SPECTER AMENDMENT ALLOWS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO DEDUCT EXPENSES INCURRED AWAY FROM HOME IN WASHINGTON D.C. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 27,28

37 yea · 60 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat10 yea · 36 nay
Republican27 yea · 24 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 409 ↗

A joint resolution making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982.

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(0.85): Allowing tax deductions for living expenses expands tax allowances for members.

    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 (37)

Nay (61)

Not voting or present (1)

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