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Senate Roll Call 847, 97th Congress · September 23, 1982

TO TABLE HELMS MOTION TO RECOMMIT H. J. RES. 520 WITH INSTRUCTIONS THAT THE HELMS AMENDMENT BE INCORPORATED INTO THE JOINT RESOLUTION AND REPORTED BACK TO THE SENATE THEREAFTER. THE HELMS AMENDMENT RESTRICTS FEDERAL COURTS, INCLUDING THE SUPREME COURT, FROM REVIEWING CASES INVOLVING PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SEE NOTE(S) 40

51 yea · 48 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat28 yea · 17 nay
Republican23 yea · 30 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 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 (0.90) The amendment concerns school prayer and court jurisdiction, not fiscal policy.

    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 (51)

Nay (48)

Not voting or present (1)

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