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Senate Roll Call 18, 98th Congress · March 11, 1983

TO AMEND THE FORD AMENDMENT TO H.R. 1718 WITH A PERFECTING AMENDMENT. THE FORD AMENDMENT AMENDS THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT TO PROVIDE SUPPLEMENTAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS TO CERTAIN EMPLOYEES WITH LESS THAN 10 YEARS OF SERVICES. THE NICKLES AMENDMENT IS A PERFECTING AMENDMENT WHICH REQUIRES THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND TO PAY FOR 13 (NOT 10 WEEKS AS IN THE FORD AMENDMENT) WEEKS OF BENEFITS WHILE THE FORD AMENDMENT WOULD REQUIRE THE ADDITIONAL BENEFITS TO BE FINANCED BY THE UNITED STATES TREASURY. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 1

30 yea · 60 nay10 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 41 nay
Republican30 yea · 19 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 1718

Temporary Emergency Food Assistance Act of 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 & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.80) Shifts benefit funding source between accounts without clear net fiscal expansion.

    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 (30)

Nay (60)

Not voting or present (10)

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