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Senate Roll Call 357, 98th Congress · November 16, 1983

TO TABLE THE ARMSTRONG AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 290. H. J. RES. 290 PERMITS FREE ENTRY INTO THE UNITED STATES OF PERSONAL EFFECTS, EQUIPMENT AND OTHER RELATED ARTICLES OF FOREIGN PARTICIPANTS, OFFICIALS, AND OTHER ACCREDITED MEMBERS OF DELEGATIONS INVOLVED IN THE GAMES OF THE XXIII OLYMPIAD TO BE HELD IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1984. THE ARMSTRONG AMENDMENT ESTABLISHES MONTHLY DEBT LIMIT TARGETS AND QUARTERLY LIMITS ON THE FEDERAL DEBT. (MOTION PASSED)

49 yea · 46 nay5 not voting or present
Democrat34 yea · 9 nay
Republican15 yea · 37 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

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(0.90): Tabling the amendment kills strict statutory debt limit targets and limits.

    Tagged by: keyword:debt limit

    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 (49)

Nay (46)

Not voting or present (5)

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