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House Roll Call 38, 104th Congress · January 26, 1995

H.J.R.1 BY BARTON (R-TX) -- CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AMENDMENT BALANCED BUDGET (CONTRACT WITH AMERICA) (HOUSE AGREED TO THE AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY REQUIRING THE ADOPTION OF A STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND OUTLAYS WHICH ARE IN BALANCE; REQUIRING THE PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT A BALANCED BUDGET; REQUIRING A THREE-FIFTHS VOTE FOR DEFICIT SPENDING, INCREASES IN THE DEBT LIMIT; AND INCREASES IN TAX REVENUES; AND PROVIDING THAT A MAJORITY OF EACH HOUSE CAN WAIVE THE PROVISIONS IN CASE OF WAR OR A SERIOUS MILITARY THREAT AS DECLARED BY LAW.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

253 yea · 173 nayAgreed to9 not voting or present
Democrat28 yea · 163 nay
Republican225 yea · 9 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 1 ↗

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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): Requires a balanced budget and supermajorities for deficit spending, debt increases, or tax raises.

    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 (253)

Nay (173)

Not voting or present (9)

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