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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

414 yea · 14 nayPassed6 not voting or present
Democrat201 yea · 0 nay
Republican212 yea · 14 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2015

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)

Nay (14)

Not voting or present (6)

Vote records come from Voteview (voteview.com); bill titles and policy areas from the congress.gov API. See methodology for how the record was built.