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House Roll Call 144, 105th Congress · May 21, 1997

(HOUSE REJECTED THE KENNEDY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO ACHIEVE A BALANCED BUDGET AND REDUCE DEFENSE FUNDING AND TAX CUTS AND INCREASE FUNDING FOR HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, MEDICAID, AND OTHER DOMESTIC DISCRETIONARY SPENDING PROGRAMS.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

123 yea · 306 nayFailed6 not voting or present
Democrat121 yea · 80 nay
Republican1 yea · 226 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.

  • Health CareA yea counts toward “Expand coverage”

    model(0.95): The amendment sought to increase funding for healthcare programs, expanding coverage.

    Tagged by: keyword:medicaid,healthcare

    Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

  • Spending & BudgetA yea counts toward “Fiscal expansion”

    model(0.95): The amendment sought to increase funding for domestic discretionary spending programs.

    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 (123)

Nay (306)

Not voting or present (6)

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