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House Roll Call 966, 104th Congress · March 28, 1996

Debt Limit Extension — (HOUSE VOTED NOT TO CONSIDER THE BONIOR MOTION TO RECOMMIT THE BILL TO THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT IT BACK FORTHWITH CONTAINING AN AMENDMENT THAT SOUGHT TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE TO NOT LESS THAN $4.70 PER HOUR DURING THE YEAR BEGINNING ON JULY 4, 1996, AND NOT LESS THAN $5.15 PER HOUR AFTER JULY 3, 1997.)

Question before the chamber: Consideration of Motion to Recommit With Instructions

192 yea · 228 nayFailed11 not voting or present
Democrat183 yea · 5 nay
Republican8 yea · 223 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3136

Contract with America Advancement Act of 1996

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.

  • Labor & WagesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A vote on whether to consider a motion is procedural.

    Tagged by: keyword:minimum wage

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

  • Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.90) A procedural vote on considering a motion to recommit regarding minimum wage.

    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 (192)

Nay (228)

Not voting or present (11)

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