House Roll Call 591, 101st Congress · July 17, 1990

TO AMEND HJ RES 268, PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE A BALANCED BUDGET, TO ADD A REQUIREMENT PROVIDING THAT ESTIMATED RECEIPTS NOT GROW FASTER THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S RATE OF INCREASE IN NATIONAL INCOME.

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

184 yea · 244 nayFailed2 not voting or present

Democrat29 yea · 217 nay

Republican155 yea · 27 nay

Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 268 ↗

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for a balanced budget for the United States Government and for greater accountability in the enactment of tax legislation.

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.

Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”
model(0.90): Caps revenue growth in a balanced budget amendment, promoting fiscal restraint.
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 (185)

Nay (245)

Not voting or present (2)

Richard Hugh BakerDid not vote
Harold Eugene FordDid not vote

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