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Senate Roll Call 757, 97th Congress · July 27, 1982

(CONTINUED) TO AMEND THE DOMENICI AMENDMENT TO S. J. RES. 58. THE DOMENICI CLARIFIES THAT NEITHER THE PRESIDENT NOR CONGRESS HAS NEW FISCAL POWERS. THIS AMENDMENT LIMITS THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENT TO IMPOUND APPROPIRATED FUNDS IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. THE CRANSTON AMENDMENT REQUIRES CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF ANY ACTIONS ON THE PART OF THE PRESIDENT TO IMPOUND APPROPRIATED FUNDS FOR SPECIFIC PROGRAMS AND EXPENDITURES. IN EFFECT, THE CRANSTON AMENDMENT FORCLOSES ANY OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PRESIDENT TO CLAIM EXTRAORDINARY CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO IMPOUND OR TO STOP SPENDING ON INDIVIDUAL ITEMS AND ON INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS HE OPPOSES. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 36

23 yea · 73 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat23 yea · 20 nay
Republican1 yea · 52 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 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 expansion”

    model(0.90): Limiting presidential impoundment authority prevents spending cuts.

    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 (24)

Nay (73)

Not voting or present (3)

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