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Senate Roll Call 370, 99th Congress · December 11, 1985

TO TABLE THE DENTON, AL) MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H J RES 372 TO ALLOW THE PRESIDENT TO RETAIN PRIOR LEVELS OF DEFENSE FUNDING IF HE CAN DEMONSTRATE THAT REDUCTIONS WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT NATIONAL DEFENSE, AND IF THE MAJORITY OF BOTH HOUSES AGREE WITH HIM.

76 yea · 17 nay6 not voting or present
Democrat39 yea · 6 nay
Republican38 yea · 11 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 372

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

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 & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Tabling a motion allowing defense spending to avoid cuts enforces fiscal restraint.

    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 (77)

Nay (17)

Not voting or present (6)

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