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Senate Roll Call 706, 99th Congress · October 3, 1986

TO TABLE THE MELCHER, MT) AMENDMENT TO HJ RES 738, THE CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS BILL, WHICH WOULD EXPRESS THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE SHOULD USE EXISTING STOCKS OF WHEAT AND CORN, AND TO INCREASE DOMESTIC COMMODITY ASSISTANCE TO DISPOSE OF SURPLUS AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES TO THE PHILIPPINES, CERTAIN AFRICAN NATIONS, INDIA, AND BANGLADESH.

46 yea · 52 nay2 not voting or present
Democrat3 yea · 45 nay
Republican43 yea · 7 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 & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) This involves a non-binding sense-of-the-Senate resolution.

    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 (46)

Nay (52)

Not voting or present (2)

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