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House Roll Call 593, 101st Congress · July 17, 1990

BALANCED BUDGET CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT — TO PASS HJ RES 268, PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT TO REQUIRE A BALANCED BUDGET, TO PROVIDE FOR A BALANCED BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT FOR GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE ENACTMENT OF TAX LEGISLATION. (RESOLUTION FAILED; TWO-THIRDS OF THOSE PRESENT NOT VOTING IN FAVOR.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

279 yea · 150 nayFailed1 not voting or present
Democrat104 yea · 143 nay
Republican176 yea · 6 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(0.95): Passes constitutional amendment requiring a balanced budget, enforcing 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 (281)

Nay (150)

Not voting or present (1)

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