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Senate Roll Call 459, 98th Congress · May 8, 1984

TO AMEND THE BAKER AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2163. THE BAKER AMENDMENT FURTHER REDUCES DEFICITS BY INCLUDING RECONCILIATIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS CAPS FOR DEFENSE AND NON-DEFENSE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING FOR FISCAL YEARS 1985, 1986, AND 1987. THE CHILES AMENDMENT REDUCES DEFICITS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1985, 1986, AND 1987, AND PROVIDES FOR A DELAY FOR TWO YEARS OF COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS TO TAX TABLES. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 27

49 yea · 49 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 1 nay
Republican6 yea · 48 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): Reducing deficits through spending adjustments promotes 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 (49)

Nay (49)

Not voting or present (2)

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