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House Roll Call 143, 105th Congress · May 21, 1997

(HOUSE REJECTED THE BROWN OF CALIFORNIA AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO ACHIEVE A BALANCED BUDGET AND DELAY TAX CUTS UNTIL THE BUDGET IS BALANCED, DECREASE DEFENSE OUTLAYS, INCREASE NET SAVINGS FROM OVERALL SPENDING REDUCTIONS AND THE ELIMINATION OF UNWARRANTED BENEFITS, AND INCREASE FUNDING FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, EDUCATION AND TRAINING, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

91 yea · 339 nayFailed5 not voting or present
Democrat89 yea · 112 nay
Republican1 yea · 227 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 84 ↗

Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1998 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002.

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): The amendment sought overall spending reductions and net spending savings to achieve a balanced budget.

    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 (91)

Nay (339)

Not voting or present (5)

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