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House Roll Call 658, 103rd Congress · March 17, 1994

(HOUSE REJECTED THE WISE AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO REQUIRE THAT THE OPERATING BUDGET OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BE BALANCED, WHILE A SEPARATE CAPITAL BUDGET FOR INVESTMENTS THAT PROVIDE LONG-TERM ECONOMIC RETURNS IS ESTABLISHED; EXEMPTS SOCIAL SECURITY AND THE FEDERAL DISABILITY INSURANCE TRUST FUND FROM BALANCED BUDGET CALCULATIONS; AND TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD CONGRESS BE PERMITTED TO RUN A DEFICIT (WAR, A SERIOUS MILITARY THREAT, OR A RECESSION).)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

110 yea · 314 nayFailed9 not voting or present
Democrat106 yea · 141 nay
Republican5 yea · 176 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.

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.90): A yes vote requires a balanced operating budget, enforcing 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 (111)

Nay (318)

Not voting or present (9)

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