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Senate Roll Call 598, 97th Congress · May 12, 1982

TO AMEND THE DOLE AMENDMENT TO S. 2248. THE DOLE AMENDMENT DECLARES THAT THE FULL SOCIAL SECURITY COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT OF 7.4 PERCENT SHALL BE PAID IN FULL ON JULY 1, 1982, AS SCHEDULED; THAT THE SENATE RENEWS ITS COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING AND ASSURING THAT THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM SHALL BE PRESERVED AND STRENGTHENED SO THAT BENEFITS WILL BE PAID IN A TIMELY MANNER; AND THAT ANY CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN SHALL NOT INCLUDE ANY MORE THAN IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO PRESERVE THE FINANCIAL INTEGRITY OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM. THE BAKER SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT RETAINS THIS LANGUAGE, AND ADDS THAT CONGRESS WILL AWAIT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM PRIOR TO ULTIMATELY DECIDING ANY BINDING, STATUTORY AMOUNTS, CHANGES OR CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN. THE DOLE AMENDMENT AND THE BAKER AMENDMENT THERETO WERE VOTED ON EN BLOC. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 30

91 yea · 7 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat40 yea · 5 nay
Republican50 yea · 2 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 2248

Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1983

Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security — 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 PowersDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Social Security cost-of-living adjustments are unrelated to defense and war powers.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Armed Forces and National Security

    Axis: Military restraint ← → Military expansion

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (91)

Nay (7)

Not voting or present (2)

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