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House Roll Call 656, 103rd Congress · March 17, 1994

(HOUSE REJECTED THE BARTON OF TEXAS AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO PROHIBIT REVENUES FROM GROWING FASTER THAN THE RATE OF INCREASE IN NATIONAL INCOME IN THE SECOND PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, UNLESS A THREE-FIFTHS VOTE OF THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE IS TAKEN TO APPROVE A SPECIFIC TAX INCREASE.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

213 yea · 210 nayFailed10 not voting or present
Democrat39 yea · 208 nay
Republican174 yea · 6 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 103 ↗

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.

  • TaxesA yea counts toward “Cut taxes”

    model(0.95): A yes vote restricts tax increases by requiring a supermajority.

    Tagged by: keyword:tax increase

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.95): A yes vote restricts revenue and spending growth, promoting 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 (213)

Nay (215)

Not voting or present (10)

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