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House Roll Call 784, 104th Congress · November 15, 1995

Making further continuing appropriations for fiscal year 1996 — H.J.R.122 BY LIVINGSTON (R-LA) -- CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 1996 (PUB. L. 104-56, APPROVED 11/20/95) (HOUSE REJECTED THE OBEY MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE JOINT RESOLUTION TO THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT THE JOINT RESOLUTION BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT THAT REDUCES THE MINIMUM LEVEL FOR FUNDING OPERATIONS FROM 40 PERCENT TO 10 PERCENT AND INSERTS LANGUAGE IN TITLE III THAT WOULD PROVIDE THAT TAX CUTS WILL START AFTER THE BUDGET IS BALANCED; THAT THERE BE NO REDUCTIONS IN EDUCATION; THAT THERE BE NO ALTERATIONS IN THE MEDICARE PROGRAM; AND THAT NO MONEY BE APPROPRIATED AND NO TARGETED TAX BENEFIT BE PROVIDED THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO A LINE ITEM VETO IN PROVIDING A COMMITMENT TO A SEVEN-YEAR BALANCED BUDGET.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

187 yea · 241 nayFailed5 not voting or present
Democrat183 yea · 10 nay
Republican3 yea · 231 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 122 ↗

Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.

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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) The context text does not contain explicit details regarding health care coverage changes.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): Instructing to lower funding levels and condition tax cuts on a balanced budget moves toward 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 (187)

Nay (241)

Not voting or present (5)

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