Senate Roll Call 831, 97th Congress · August 18, 1982

TO TABLE THE WEICKER AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 520. THE WEICKER AMENDMENT PROVIDES THAT NOTHING IN THE ACT SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO LIMIT IN ANY MANNER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IN ENFORCING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, NOR SHALL ANYTHING IN THE ACT BE INTERPRETED TO MODIFY OR DIMINISH THE AUTHORITY OF THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES TO ENFORCE FULLY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. (MOTION FAILED)

38 yea · 59 nay3 not voting or present

Democrat9 yea · 35 nay

Republican28 yea · 24 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 520 ↗

A joint resolution to provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit.

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 (0.95) A motion regarding Justice Department constitutional enforcement is non-fiscal.
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 (38)

Nay (59)

Not voting or present (3)

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