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Senate Roll Call 836, 97th Congress · August 19, 1982

TO AMEND A HOUSE AMENDMENT TO A SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 6863, A BILL APPROPRIATING $14.5 BILLION IN SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDS FOR MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PAY RAISES, COMMODITY CREDIT PROGRAMS, DEFENSE AND OTHER PROGRAMS. THE LEVIN AMENDMENT EXTENDS TH DEADLINE FOR ENROLLING IN COLLEGE IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR STUDENT BENEFITS UNDER THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. THE LEVIN AMENDMENT ALSO PROVIDES THAT UNNEGOTIATED SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND INSTEAD OF THE TREASURY'S GENERAL FUNDS. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 38

42 yea · 47 nay11 not voting or present
Democrat38 yea · 3 nay
Republican4 yea · 43 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 6863 ↗

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1982

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): Extending student benefit eligibility deadlines increases government benefit outlays.

    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 (42)

Nay (47)

Not voting or present (11)

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