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House Roll Call 39, 104th Congress · January 26, 1995

(HOUSE REJECTED THE OWENS AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO PROVIDE SIMILAR BALANCED BUDGET PROVISIONS AS THE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE EXCEPT WOULD HAVE PERMITTED CONGRESS TO WAIVE THE PROVISIONS BY LAW ANY YEAR FOR WHICH THE PRESIDENT NOTIFIED CONGRESS AND CONGRESS ADOPTED A JOINT RESOLUTION AFFIRMING THAT THE NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS PROJECTED TO EXCEED FOUR PERCENT, AND WOULD NOT HAVE REQUIRED A SUPERMAJORITY TO RAISE TAXES.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

64 yea · 363 nayFailed7 not voting or present
Democrat61 yea · 133 nay
Republican2 yea · 230 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 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 expansion”

    model(0.85): A yes vote supported a weaker balanced budget rule permitting waivers and spending.

    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 (64)

Nay (363)

Not voting or present (7)

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