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House Roll Call 607, 102nd Congress · June 11, 1992

(HOUSE REJECTED THE GEPHARDT AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO PROHIBIT THE CONGRESS FROM APPROVING HIGHER TOTAL EXPENDITURES THAN THE ONE PROPOSED BY THE PRESIDENT; PROHIBIT CONGRESS FROM APPROVING AN UNBALANCED BUDGET UNLESS IT WAS APPROVED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF BOTH HOUSES; EXCLUDE SOCIAL SECURITY FROM BUDGET CALCULATIONS; AND REQUIRE THE PRESIDENT TO SEND TO THE CONGRESS FOR APPROVAL A BUDGET IN WHICH EXPENDITURES DID NOT EXCEED RECEIPTS, UNLESS A PRESIDENTIAL DECLARATION OF NATIONAL URGENCY ACCOMPANIES THE LEGISLATION.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

103 yea · 327 nayFailed4 not voting or present
Democrat98 yea · 157 nay
Republican5 yea · 167 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other0 yea · 2 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 presidential request levels and requiring balanced budgets promotes 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 (103)

Nay (327)

Not voting or present (4)

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