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House Roll Call 606, 102nd Congress · June 11, 1992

(HOUSE REJECTED THE BARTON OF TEXAS AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO REQUIRE THE CONGRESS TO ADOPT A STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND OUTLAYS FOR EACH FISCAL YEAR STATING THAT OUTLAYS ARE NOT GREATER THAN THE TOTAL RECEIPTS; REQUIRE THAT THERE BE NO INCREASE IN THE FEDERAL DEBT AMOUNT UNLESS THREE-FIFTHS OF THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE APPROVE SUCH AN INCREASE; AND PROHIBIT ESTIMATED REVENUES FROM GROWING FASTER THAN THE RATE OF INCREASE IN NATIONAL INCOME IN THE SECOND PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, UNLESS THE CONGRESS, BY A VOTE OF THREE-FIFTHS OF THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE HOUSE AND SENATE PASS LEGISLATION DIRECTED SOLELY TO APPROVING SPECIFIC TAX INCREASES.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

200 yea · 227 nayFailed7 not voting or present
Democrat40 yea · 214 nay
Republican159 yea · 11 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): Requiring balanced budgets and supermajorities for debt increases imposes strict 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 (200)

Nay (227)

Not voting or present (7)

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