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House Roll Call 968, 104th Congress · March 28, 1996

Debt Limit Extension — H.R.2869 BY WHITFIELD (R-KY) -- HYDRO-ELECTRIC PROJECT CONSTRUCTION, KENTUCKY, EXTENSION (HOUSE PASSED H.R. 3136, TO PROVIDE FOR ENACTMENT OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS' RIGHT TO WORK ACT OF 1996, THE LINE ITEM VETO ACT, AND THE SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH AND FAIRNESS ACT OF 1996, AND TO PROVIDE FOR A PERMANENT INCREASE IN THE PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT.)

Question before the chamber: On Passage

328 yea · 91 nayPassed12 not voting or present
Democrat126 yea · 60 nay
Republican202 yea · 30 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.

  • Labor & WagesDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.75) The broad omnibus bill contains multiple mixed provisions not aligned clearly on labor priority.

    Tagged by: keyword:right to work

    Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): Raising the public debt limit enables expanded federal fiscal capacity.

    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 (328)

Nay (91)

Not voting or present (12)

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