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House Roll Call 465, 102nd Congress · March 5, 1992

(HOUSE REJECTED THE TOWNS AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO REDUCE FISCAL YEAR 1993 DEFENSE BUDGET AUTHORITY BY $49.6 BILLION AND DEFENSE OUTLAYS BY $20.7 BILLION BELOW THE CAPS SET IN THE 1990 BUDGET AGREEMENT (AS COMPARED TO THE CUTS IN THE RESOLUTION'S PLANS A AND B OF $14 BILLION IN BUDGET AUTHORITY AND $9 BILLION IN OUTLAYS); USE THE SAVINGS FROM DEFENSE TO PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN HEALTH, EDUCATION, HEAD START, TRANSPORTATION, AND VETERANS PROGRAMS; PROVIDE THAT ENTITLEMENT SPENDING BY ASSUMING THAT PROGRAMS WILL BE FUNDED AT CURRENT MAINTENANCE LEVELS; AND CALL FOR REVENUE-NEUTRAL TAX RELIEF FOR MIDDLE-AND WORKING-CLASS FAMILIES TO BE PAID FOR BY INCREASING TAXES ON THE WEALTHY AND CORPORATIONS.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

77 yea · 342 nayFailed15 not voting or present
Democrat74 yea · 176 nay
Republican1 yea · 165 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 287 ↗

Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997.

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.

  • EducationA yea counts toward “Expand federal role”

    model(0.95): The amendment increases federal funding for education and Head Start programs.

    Tagged by: keyword:head start

    Axis: Expand federal role ← → Reduce federal role

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.85) Reallocates defense savings to domestic spending, making net fiscal expansion or restraint unclear.

    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 (77)

Nay (342)

Not voting or present (15)

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