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Key Vote 111th Congress > Senate > Vote 5

Date: January 15, 2009

Result: 42-52 (Joint Resolution Defeated)

Clerk session vote number: 5

Vote Subject Matter: Government Management / Budget General Interest

Sponsor: VITTER, David (R-LA)

Bill number: SJRES5

Question: On the Joint Resolution

Description: A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

Bill summary: Declares that Congress disapproves the obligation of any funds that exceed specified amounts authorized for the purchase of troubled assets by the Secretary of the Treasury under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

Bill titles: A joint resolution relating to the disapproval of obligations under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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