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Senate Roll Call 224, 99th Congress · October 16, 1985

TO TABLE THE HELMS, SC) AMENDMENT TO HR 3037, TO REDUCE T AMOUNT TO BE LOANED TO THE AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND AND THE RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSURANCE FUND. THE TOTAL REDUCTION WOULD BE DETERMINED BY THE PENDING FARM BILL S 1714. THE AMENDMENT WOULD ALSO REDUCE APPROPRIATIONS FOR FOOD STAMPS TO THE LEVEL PROPOSED BY THE BILL.

68 yea · 27 nay4 not voting or present
Democrat46 yea · 1 nay
Republican23 yea · 26 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1714

Agriculture, Food, Trade, and Conservation Act of 1985

Policy area: Agriculture and Food — 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 agricultural credit loans and food stamp funding prevents spending cuts.

    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 (69)

Nay (27)

Not voting or present (4)

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