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Senate Roll Call 451, 98th Congress · April 26, 1984

TO AMEND THE BAKER AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2163. THE BAKER AMENDMENT FURTHER REDUCES DEFICITS BY INCLUDING RECONCILIATION PROVISIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS CAPS FOR DEFENSE AND NON-DEFENSE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING FOR FISCAL YEARS 1985, 1986, AND 1987. THE SYMMS SUBSTITUTE INCLUDES THE BAKER AMENDMENT AND, IN ADDITION, ELIMINATES PAY RAISES FOR CIVILIAN OR MILITARY EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FOR FISCAL YEARS 1985, 1986, AND 1987 AND COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS IN FEDERAL BENEFIT PROGRAMS (EXCLUDING MEANS-TESTED ENTITLEMENTS). THE SYMMS AMENDMENT ALSO PROVIDES THAT EVERY SENIOR EXECUTIVE STAFF EMPLOYEE MAY RECEIVE A ONE-TIME BONUS IN THE AMOUNT OF $20,000, PROVIDED THAT THE SPENDING REDUCTIONS DIRECTED BY THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED. (MOTION FAILED) (CONTINUED) SEE NOTE(S) 27

11 yea · 84 nay5 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 43 nay
Republican11 yea · 41 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2163 ↗

A bill to amend the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971, and for other purposes.

Policy area: Sports and Recreation — 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(0.90): Eliminating federal pay raises and COLAs increases spending cuts and fiscal restraint.

    Tagged by: keyword:appropriations

    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 (11)

Nay (84)

Not voting or present (5)

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