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Senate Roll Call 756, 97th Congress · July 27, 1982

TO AMEND S. J. RES. 58, REQUIRING THE PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT A BALANCED BUDGET FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR TO THE CONGRESS. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 36

45 yea · 53 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat40 yea · 5 nay
Republican5 yea · 48 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S.J.Res. 58 ↗

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution altering Federal fiscal decision-making procedures.

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(0.95): Requiring a balanced budget enforces fiscal discipline.

    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 (46)

Nay (53)

Not voting or present (1)

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