House Roll Call 255, 105th Congress · July 10, 1997
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 — H.R.2015 BY KASICH (R-OH) -- BALANCED BUDGET ACT OF 1997 VETERANS RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1997 BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACT OF 1997 NATIONAL CAPITAL REVITALIZATION AND SELF-GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1997 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RETIREMENT PROTECTION ACT OF 1997 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA MANAGEMENT REFORM ACT OF 1997 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOND FINANCING IMPROVEMENTS ACT OF 1997 (PUB.L. 105-33, APPROVED 8/05/97) (HOUSE AGREED TO THE SPRATT MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES (1) ON THE MATTERS PERTAINING TO INCREASING THE AGE OF ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICARE, REJECT THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 5611 OF THE SENATE AMENDMENT; (2) ON THE MATTERS PERTAINING TO THE MINIMUM WAGE, WORKER PROTECTIONS, AND CIVIL RIGHTS - (A) INSIST ON PARAGRAPHS (2) AND (3) AND REJECT THE REMAINDER OF SECTIONS 417(F) OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT, AS AMENDED BY SECTIONS 5006 AND 9006 OF THE BILL, AS PASSED THE HOUSE AND (B) REJECT THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN SECTIONS 5004 AND 9004 OF THE BILL, AS PASSED BY THE HOUSE.)
Question before the chamber: Motion to Instruct Conferees
Solid = yea, faded = nay.
The measure
Balanced Budget Act of 1997
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 CareDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.30) The provided text is truncated and does not detail healthcare instructions.
Tagged by: keyword:medicare
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage
- Labor & WagesDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.30) The provided text is truncated and does not detail labor instructions.
Tagged by: keyword:minimum wage
Axis: Worker priority ← → Employer priority
- Civil RightsDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.30) The provided text is truncated and does not detail civil rights instructions.
Tagged by: keyword:civil rights
Axis: Broaden protections ← → Narrow protections
- Spending & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.30) The provided text is truncated and does not specify budget instructions.
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 (414)
- Neil Abercrombie
- Gary L. Ackerman
- Robert B. Aderholt
- Thomas H. Allen
- Robert E. Andrews
- Bill Archer
- Spencer Bachus
- Henry Scott Baesler
- Richard Hugh Baker
- John Baldacci
- Cass Ballenger
- James A. Barcia
- Bill Barrett
- Thomas M. Barrett
- Roscoe G. Bartlett
- Charles F. Bass
- Herbert H. Bateman
- Xavier Becerra
- Ken Bentsen
- Douglas K. Bereuter
- Howard L. Berman
- Robert Marion Berry
- Brian P. Bilbray
- Michael Bilirakis
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.
- Rod Blagojevich
- Tom Bliley
- Earl Blumenauer
- Roy Blunt
- Sherwood L. Boehlert
- John A. Boehner
- Henry Bonilla
- David E. Bonior
- Sonny Bono
- Robert A. Borski
- Leonard L. Boswell
- Frederick C. Boucher
- Allen Boyd Jr.
- Kevin Brady
- Corrine Brown
- George E. Brown Jr.
- Sherrod Brown
- Ed Bryant
- Jim Bunning
- Richard Burr
- Stephen E. Buyer
- H. L. Callahan
- Ken Calvert
- Dave Camp
- Charles T. Canady
- Christopher B. Cannon
- Walter Holden Capps
- Benjamin L. Cardin
- Julia M. Carson
- Michael N. Castle
- Steve Chabot
- Saxby Chambliss
- Helen Chenoweth-Hage
- Jon Lynn Christensen
- William Lacy Clay Sr.
- Eva Clayton
- Robert Clement
- James E. Clyburn
- Howard Coble
- Tom Coburn
- Michael Allen Collins
- Larry Combest
- Gary Condit
- John Conyers, Jr.
- Merrill Cook
- John Cooksey
- Jerry F. Costello
- C. Christopher Cox
- William J. Coyne
- Robert E. Cramer Jr.
- Philip M. Crane
- Mike Crapo
- Barbara L. Cubin
- Elijah E. Cummings
- Randall H. Cunningham
- Pat Danner
- Danny K. Davis
- James Davis
- Thomas M. Davis III
- Nathan Deal
- Peter A. DeFazio
- Diana DeGette
- William D. Delahunt
- Rosa L. DeLauro
- Thomas Dale DeLay
- Ronald Vernie Dellums
- Peter Deutsch
- Lincoln Diaz-Balart
- Jay Dickey
- Norman D. Dicks
- John D. Dingell
- Julian C. Dixon
- Lloyd Doggett
- Calvin M. Dooley
- John T. Doolittle
- Michael F. Doyle
- David Dreier
- John J. Duncan, Jr.
- Jennifer B. Dunn
- Thomas Edwards
- Vernon J. Ehlers
- Jo Ann Emerson
- Eliot L. Engel
- Philip English
- John Eric Ensign
- Anna G. Eshoo
- Bob R. Etheridge
- Lane A. Evans
- Terry Everett
- Thomas W. Ewing
- Sam Farr
- Chaka Fattah
- Harris W. Fawell
- Victor Herbert Fazio Jr.
- Bob Filner
- Floyd Harold Flake
- Thomas Michael Foglietta
- Mark Adam Foley
- Michael P. Forbes
- Harold E. Ford Jr.
- Jon D. Fox
- Barney Frank
- Bob Franks
- Rodney P. Frelinghuysen
- Jonas Frost III
- Elizabeth Furse
- Elton Gallegly
- Greg Ganske
- Sam Gejdenson
- George W. Gekas
- Richard Andrew Gephardt
- James A. Gibbons
- Wayne T. Gilchrest
- Paul E. Gillmor
- Benjamin Gilman
- Henry Barbosa González
- Virgil H. Goode Jr.
- Bob Goodlatte
- William F. Goodling
- Barton Jennings Gordon
- Porter J. Goss
- Lindsey Graham
- Kay Granger
- Gene Green
- James C. Greenwood
- Luis V. Gutiérrez
- Gilbert W. Gutknecht
- Ralph M. Hall
- Tony P. Hall
- Lee Herbert Hamilton
- James V. Hansen
- Jane Harman
- J. Dennis Hastert
- Alcee L. Hastings
- Doc Hastings
- John D. Hayworth Jr.
- Joel Hefley
- Willie Gathrel Hefner
- Wally Herger
- Rick Hill
- Van Hilleary
- Earl F. Hilliard
- Maurice D. Hinchey
- Rubén Hinojosa
- David Lee Hobson
- Peter Hoekstra
- Tim Holden
- Darlene Hooley
- Stephen Horn
- John Nathan Hostettler
- Amory Houghton Jr.
- Steny H. Hoyer
- Kenny C. Hulshof
- Duncan L. Hunter
- Asa Hutchinson
- Henry John Hyde
- Bob Inglis
- Ernest J. Istook Jr.
- Jesse L. Jackson Jr.
- Sheila Jackson Lee
- William J. Jefferson
- William Lewis Jenkins
- Christopher John
- Eddie Bernice Johnson
- Jay W. Johnson
- Nancy Lee Johnson
- Walter B. Jones
- Paul E. Kanjorski
- Marcy Kaptur
- John R. Kasich
- Sue W. Kelly
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy II
- Patrick Joseph Kennedy
- Barbara Bailey Kennelly
- Dale E. Kildee
- Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
- Jay Kim
- Ron Kind
- Peter T. King
- Jack Kingston
- Gerald D. Kleczka
- Ron Klink
- Scott L. Klug
- Joseph K. Knollenberg
- Dennis J. Kucinich
- John J. LaFalce
- Ray H. LaHood
- Nicholas V. Lampson
- Tom Lantos
- Steve Largent
- Tom Latham
- Steven C. LaTourette
- Rick A. Lazio
- James A. Leach
- Sander M. Levin
- Jerry Lewis
- John Lewis
- Ron Lewis
- John Linder
- William O. Lipinski
- Robert Linligthgow Livingston Jr.
- Frank A. LoBiondo
- Zoe Lofgren
- Nita M. Lowey
- Frank D. Lucas
- William Luther
- Carolyn B. Maloney
- James Maloney
- Thomas J. Manton
- Donald A. Manzullo
- Matthew G. Martínez
- Frank Mascara
- Robert T. Matsui
- Carolyn McCarthy
- Karen McCarthy
- Bill McCollum
- James O. McCrery III
- Joseph Michael McDade
- Jim McDermott
- James P. McGovern
- Paul F. McHale Jr.
- John M. McHugh
- Scott McInnis
- David M. McIntosh
- Mike McIntyre
- Howard P. "Buck" McKeon
- Cynthia McKinney
- Michael R. McNulty
- Martin T. Meehan
- Carrie Meek
- Robert Menendez
- Jack Metcalf
- John L. Mica
- Juanita Millender-McDonald
- Dan Miller
- George Miller
- David Minge
- Patsy Takemoto Mink
- John Joseph Moakley
- Susan Molinari
- Alan B. Mollohan
- James P. Moran
- Jerry Moran
- Constance Morella
- John P. Murtha
- Sue Wilkins Myrick
- Jerrold Nadler
- Richard E. Neal
- George R. Nethercutt Jr.
- Mark W. Neumann
- Robert William Ney
- Anne Meagher Northup
- Charles W. Norwood Jr.
- James Allen Nussle
- James L. Oberstar
- David Ross Obey
- John W. Olver
- Solomon P. Ortiz
- Major R. Owens
- Michael G. Oxley
- Ron Packard
- Frank Pallone, Jr.
- Michael James Pappas
- Michael Parker
- Bill Pascrell, Jr.
- Ed Pastor
- Ron Paul
- L. William Paxon
- Donald M. Payne
- Edward A. Pease
- Nancy Pelosi
- Collin C. Peterson
- John E. Peterson
- Thomas E. Petri
- Charles W. Pickering Jr.
- Owen B. Pickett
- Joseph R. Pitts
- Richard W. Pombo
- Earl Ralph Pomeroy
- Rob Portman
- Glenn Poshard
- David E. Price
- Deborah D. Pryce
- Jack Quinn
- George P. Radanovich
- Nick J. Rahall II
- James M. Ramstad
- Charles B. Rangel
- William Thomas Redmond
- Ralph Regula
- Silvestre Reyes
- Bob Riley
- Lynn Rivers
- Ciro D. Rodriguez
- Timothy Roemer
- James E. Rogan
- Harold Rogers
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
- Steven R. Rothman
- Marge Roukema
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- Edward R. Royce
- Bobby L. Rush
- Jim R. Ryun
- Martin Olav Sabo
- Matt Salmon
- Loretta Sanchez
- Bernard Sanders
- Max A. Sandlin Jr.
- Thomas C. Sawyer
- H. James Saxton
- Daniel Schaefer
- Bob Schaffer
- Charles E. Schumer
- Robert C. "Bobby" Scott
- F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.
- José E. Serrano
- Pete Sessions
- E. Clay Shaw Jr.
- Brad Sherman
- John Shimkus
- Elmer Greinert Shuster
- Norman Sisisky
- Joseph Skeen
- Ike Skelton
- Adam Smith
- Christopher H. Smith
- Lamar Smith
- Linda Smith
- Nick Smith
- Robert Freeman Smith
- Vincent K. Snowbarger
- Victor F. Snyder
- Gerald Brooks Hunt Solomon
- Mark Edward Souder
- Floyd Spence
- John McKee Spratt Jr.
- Debbie Stabenow
- Fortney Pete Stark
- Cliff Stearns
- Charles W. Stenholm
- Louis Stokes
- Ted Strickland
- Robert Stump
- Bart T. Stupak
- John E. Sununu
- James M. Talent
- John S. Tanner
- Ellen O. Tauscher
- William J. Tauzin
- Charles H. Taylor
- Gene Taylor
- William M. Thomas
- Bennie G. Thompson
- Mac Thornberry
- John Thune
- Karen Thurman
- Todd Tiahrt
- John F. Tierney
- Esteban Edward Torres
- Edolphus Towns
- James A. Traficant Jr.
- James Turner
- Fred Upton
- Nydia M. Velázquez
- Bruce F. Vento
- Peter J. Visclosky
- James T. Walsh
- Zach Wamp
- Maxine Waters
- Wes Watkins
- Melvin L. Watt
- J.C. Watts
- Henry A. Waxman
- David J. Weldon Jr.
- W. Curtis Weldon
- Gerald C. Weller
- Robert Wexler
- Robert A. Weygand
- Richard Alan White
- Ed Whitfield
- Roger F. Wicker
- Robert E. Wise Jr.
- Frank R. Wolf
- Lynn C. Woolsey
- Albert Russell Wynn
- Sidney Richard Yates
- C. W. Bill Young
- Don Young
Nay (14)
Not voting or present (6)
- Richard K. ArmeyDid not vote
- Dan BurtonDid not vote
- Edward J. MarkeyDid not vote
- Steven Harvey SchiffDid not vote
- David Evans SkaggsDid not vote
- Louise McIntosh SlaughterDid not vote
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