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House Roll Call 3, 102nd Congress · January 3, 1991

RULES FOR THE 102ND CONGRESS — (HOUSE REJECTED THE MICHEL MOTION TO COMMIT THE RESOLUTION TO A SELECT COMMITTEE TO BE COMPRISED OF THE MAJORITY LEADER AND THE MINORITY LEADER WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK TO THE HOUSE FORTHWITH WITH ONLY TWO AMENDMENTS PROVIDING THAT COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY REPORT TO THE HOUSE NOT LATER THAN JUNE 30, 1991, A JOINT RESOLUTION PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE FOR A BALANCED BUDGET FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT; THAT NOT LATER THAN TEN LEGISLATIVE DAYS AFTER THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY REPORTS THE RESOLUTION, THE COMMITTEE ON RULES REPORT AN OPEN RULE FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION; THAT, IF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY HAS NOT REPORTED THE JOINT RESOLUTION BY THE DATE SPECIFIED, THE COMMITTEE ON THE RULES REPORT WITHIN TEN LEGISLATIVE DAYS AN OPEN RULE RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FIRST JOING RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN THE 102D CONGRESS TO PROVIDE FOR SUCH A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT; AND THAT, IF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES HAS NOT REPORTED SUCH A RULE WITHIN THOSE TEN DAYS, IT BE MADE IN ORDER FOR ANY MEMBER TO MOVE, UNDER PRIVILEGE OF THE HOUSE, THAT THE HOUSE CONSIDER THE FIRST JOINT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED IN THE 102D CONGRESS TO PROVIDE FOR SUCH A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SUBJECT TO TEN HOURS OF DEBATE EQUALLY DIVIDED, AND TO BE OPEN FOR AMENDMENT UNDER THE FIVE-MINUTE RULE.)

Question before the chamber: COMMIT WITH INSTRUCTIONS

160 yea · 256 nayFailed14 not voting or present
Democrat0 yea · 247 nay
Republican159 yea · 7 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Res. 5

Adopting the Rules of the House for the One Hundred Second Congress.

Policy area: Congress — 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): A yes vote adopts instructions to report a constitutional balanced budget amendment, favoring fiscal restraint.

    Tagged by: keyword:balanced budget

    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 (160)

Nay (256)

Not voting or present (14)

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