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House Roll Call 605, 102nd Congress · June 11, 1992

H.J.R.290 BY STENHOLM (D-TX) -- CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AMENDMENT BALANCED BUDGET (HOUSE REJECTED THE KYL AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO ALLOW THE PRESIDENT LINE-ITEM VETO AUTHORITY ON AUTHORIZATION AND APPROPRIATION LEGISLATION; LIMIT THE TOTAL OUTLAYS FOR A FISCAL YEAR TO 19 PERCENT OF THE GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT OF THAT YEAR; AND REQUIRE A THREE-FIFTHS VOTE OF THE CONGRESS TO OUTLAY ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

170 yea · 258 nayFailed6 not voting or present
Democrat14 yea · 241 nay
Republican155 yea · 15 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 290 ↗

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): Capping spending at a percentage of GNP and requiring supermajorities enforces 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 (170)

Nay (258)

Not voting or present (6)

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