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Senate Roll Call 849, 97th Congress · September 23, 1982

TO RECOMMIT H. J. RES. 520 BACK TO THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE WITH INSTRUCTIONS THAT IT BE STRIPPED OF ALL AMENDMENTS. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 40

79 yea · 16 nay4 not voting or present
Democrat38 yea · 5 nay
Republican42 yea · 10 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 (0.85) Motion to recommit to strip amendments is procedural and ambiguous on 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 (80)

Nay (16)

Not voting or present (4)

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