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House Roll Call 657, 103rd Congress · March 17, 1994

(PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(D) OF RULE 23 OF THE RULES OF THE HOUSE STATING THAT IF THE VOTES OF THE DELEGATES AND OF THE RESIDENT COMMISSIONER WERE DECISIVE THE VOTE MUST BE RETAKEN IN THE FULL HOUSE, THE HOUSE AGREED TO THE BARTON OF TEXAS AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT PROHIBITS 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

211 yea · 204 nayAgreed to18 not voting or present
Democrat40 yea · 198 nay
Republican171 yea · 5 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 requires a supermajority for tax increases, limiting tax growth.

    Tagged by: keyword:tax increase

    Axis: Raise revenue ← → Cut taxes

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.95): A yes vote limits revenue growth to national income 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 (211)

Nay (204)

Not voting or present (18)

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