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Senate Roll Call 869, 97th Congress · September 29, 1982

TO TABLE THE KENNEDY AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 599, PROVIDING TO DEPARTMENT OF A LABOR A SUM EQUAL TO 5 PERCENT OF THE LATEST ESTIMATED COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, TO REMAIN AVAILABLE UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 1982. (MOTION PASSED) (CONTINUED) SEE NOTE(S) 41

60 yea · 37 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat12 yea · 34 nay
Republican47 yea · 4 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 599 ↗

A joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.

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 restraint”

    model(0.95): Tabling an amendment providing funding for unemployment compensation kills the spending increase.

    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 (60)

Nay (38)

Not voting or present (2)

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