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Senate Roll Call 768, 97th Congress · July 28, 1982

TO AMEND S. J. RES. 58 TO PROVIDE THAT THE JUDICIAL POWER OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL NOT EXTEND TO ANY CASE OR CONTROVERSY ARISING UNDER THE ARTICLE, EXCEPT FOR CASES OR CONTROVERSIES SEEKING TO DEFINE THE TERMS USED THEREIN, OR DIRECTED EXCLUSIVELY AT IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 5. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 36

45 yea · 51 nay4 not voting or present
Democrat19 yea · 24 nay
Republican26 yea · 26 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 & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Limits judicial jurisdiction over the balanced budget amendment, which is a procedural legal issue.

    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 (45)

Nay (51)

Not voting or present (4)

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