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102nd Congress / Senate / 2nd session / Vote 135

  • Question: On the Cloture Motion
  • Category: Cloture
  • Vote description: Motion To Invoke Cloture; To propose an amendment to the Constitution of the U.S. to require that the budget of the U.S. be in balance unless three-fifths of the whole of each House of Congress shall provide by law for a specific excess of outlays over receipts and to require that any bill to increase revenues must be approved by a majority of the whole number of each House.
  • Vote type: 3/5 (Help)
  • Result: Rejected, 56-39, with 1 voting Present and 4 not voting.
  • Date/time: June 30, 1992, 9:24 p.m.
  • Amendment num: S.Amdt. 2447
  • Republican majority opinion: Yes (Help)
  • Democrat majority opinion: No (Help)

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