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House Roll Call 263, 101st Congress · October 5, 1989

TO AMEND HR 3299, BUDGET RECONCILIATION, TO INCREASE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE HEAD START PROGRAM AND SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING FOR AN EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT.

195 yea · 230 nay6 not voting or present
Democrat32 yea · 211 nay
Republican162 yea · 20 nay
Other1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3299

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989

Policy area: Economics and Public Finance — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

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.

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

    model(0.95): Providing an earned income tax credit reduces tax revenues.

    Tagged by: keyword:income tax,tax credit

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Expand federal role”

    model(0.95): Increasing authorization for Head Start expands the federal role in education.

    Tagged by: keyword:head start

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.90): Increasing funding authorizations for Head Start and social services expands spending.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Economics and Public Finance

    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 (195)

Nay (231)

Not voting or present (6)

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