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Senate Roll Call 414, 99th Congress · March 12, 1986

TO ADOPT A SUBSTITUTE TO THE THURMOND, SC) SUBSTITUTE TO S J RES 225, BALANCED BUDGET CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. BYRD'S SUBSTITUTE WOULD REQUIRE THAT, EXCEPT DURING DECLARED WAR OR WHEN DEFICIT SPENDING IS APPROVED BY A 3/5 VOTE IN CONGRESS, FEDERAL OUTLAYS MAY NOT EXCEED INCOME IN ANY YEAR.

35 yea · 64 nay1 not voting or present
Democrat29 yea · 19 nay
Republican6 yea · 45 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(0.95): Adopting a balanced budget substitute requires outlays not exceed income, promoting 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 (35)

Nay (64)

Not voting or present (1)

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