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Senate Roll Call 769, 97th Congress · August 3, 1982

TO AMEND S. J. RES. 58 WITH AN AMENDMENT. THE DODD AMENDMENT IS A SUBSTITUTE FOR S. J. RES. 58, AND REQUIRES THAT ANY INCREASE IN OUTLAYS BE FINANCED BY AN EQUIVALENT INCREASE IN REVENUES. THIS WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED BY STATUTE, RATHER THAN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 36

25 yea · 70 nay5 not voting or present
Democrat23 yea · 21 nay
Republican2 yea · 48 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(0.80): Replaces a constitutional balanced budget requirement with a statutory rule, loosening fiscal limits.

    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 (25)

Nay (70)

Not voting or present (5)

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