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House Roll Call 727, 104th Congress · October 30, 1995

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995 — (HOUSE REJECTED THE SABO MOTION TO INSTRUCT HOUSE CONFEREES TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE, WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE, TO MINIMIZE BOTH TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY AND TAX INCREASES ON LOW- AND MIDDLE-INCOME WORKING FAMILIES, TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH AND INCOME SECURITY OF SENIOR CITIZENS, AND TO AVOID INCREASING THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS LACKING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE; AND TO FURTHER INSTRUCT HOUSE CONFEREES TO AGREE TO THE SENATE-PASSED PROVISIONS REQUIRING CONTINUED MEDICAID COVERAGE FOR LOW-INCOME PREGNANT WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND FOR DISABLED PERSONS AND PROVISIONS TO CONTINUE FEDERAL NURSING HOME STANDARDS, AND TO RECEDE TO THE SENATE POSITION ON PENSION REVERSIONS.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Instruct Conferees

198 yea · 219 nayFailed15 not voting or present
Democrat188 yea · 1 nay
Republican9 yea · 218 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2491

Seven-Year Balanced Budget Reconciliation Act of 1995

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.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”

    model(0.85): Motion instructed conferees to maintain Medicaid coverage and prevent health coverage loss.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicaid,health care

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.85): Motion instructed conferees to protect health and income security 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 (198)

Nay (219)

Not voting or present (15)

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