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Senate Roll Call 782, 97th Congress · August 3, 1982

TO AMEND S. J. RES. 58 WITH AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE. THE BUMPERS SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT EMBODIES THE PROVISIONS OF S. J. RES. 58 AND PROVIDES FOR THREE ADDITIONAL PROVIVISIONS: 1) GIVES THE PRESIDENT A ROLE IN SUBMITTING A BUDGET TO THE CONGRESS; 2) REQUIRES THAT BY A MAJORITY VOTE THE CONGRESS MAY DECLARE A NATIONAL ECONOMIC EMERGENCY AND WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF A BALANCED BUDGET; AND 3) RESTRICTS JUDICIAL REVIEW ON THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 36

32 yea · 65 nay3 not voting or present
Democrat27 yea · 19 nay
Republican5 yea · 45 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(0.85): Allows a simple majority to waive balanced budget requirements during economic emergencies.

    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 (32)

Nay (65)

Not voting or present (3)

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