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Senate Roll Call 936, 97th Congress · December 16, 1982

TO TABLE THE GORTON AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 631. THE AMENDMENT REDUCES FUNDING FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BY 3.3 PERCENT, EXCEPT FOR THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ACCOUNT. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 43

52 yea · 45 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat18 yea · 27 nay
Republican34 yea · 18 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 631 ↗

Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 1983

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(0.95): Tabling an amendment that reduces defense funding blocks spending cuts.

    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 (52)

Nay (46)

Not voting or present (2)

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