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Senate Roll Call 758, 97th Congress · July 27, 1982

TO AMEND S. J. RES. 58 TO CLARIFY THAT NEITHER THE PRESIDENT NOR CONGRESS HAS NEW FISCAL POWERS. THIS AMENDMENT LIMITS THE POWER OF THE PRESIDENT TO IMPOUND APPROPRIATED FUNDS IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 36

97 yea · 0 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 0 nay
Republican53 yea · 0 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 expansion”

    model(0.90): Restricting presidential power to impound funds prevents withholding of spending.

    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 (97)

Nay (0)

None

Not voting or present (3)

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