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House Roll Call 967, 104th Congress · March 28, 1996

Debt Limit Extension — (HOUSE REJECTED THE ORTON 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 STRIKE LANGUAGE AND INSERT LANGUAGE TO MAKE LINE ITEM VETO PROVISIONS APPLICABLE UPON ENACTMENT, BUT WITH THE LINE ITEM VETO PROVISIONS HAVING NO FORCE OR EFFECT ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2005.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

159 yea · 256 nayFailed16 not voting or present
Democrat145 yea · 40 nay
Republican14 yea · 215 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 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.

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal restraint”

    model(0.85): A yes vote adopts instructions to enact line-item veto authority sooner, aiming for spending 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 (159)

Nay (256)

Not voting or present (16)

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