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Senate Roll Call 413, 99th Congress · March 12, 1986

TO TABLE THE METZENBAUM, OH) AMENDMENT TO THE THURMOND SUBSTITUTE TO S J RES 225, BALANCED BUDGET CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. METZENBAUM'S AMENDMENT WOULD PROHIBIT REDUCTIONS IN SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACHIEVING A BALANCED BUDGET.

57 yea · 42 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat18 yea · 30 nay
Republican39 yea · 12 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 restraint”

    model(0.90): Tabling an amendment prohibiting benefit cuts for budget balancing promotes fiscal restraint.

    Tagged by: keyword:balanced budget

    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 (57)

Nay (42)

Not voting or present (1)

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