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House Roll Call 41, 105th Congress · March 12, 1997

Providing for the consideration of H.Res. 89; Request New Balanced Budget from the President — (HOUSE PASSED H. RES. 90, THE RULE UNDER WHICH H. RES. 89 WAS CONSIDERED.)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Resolution

226 yea · 202 nayPassed5 not voting or present
Democrat2 yea · 198 nay
Republican224 yea · 3 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Res. 90 ↗

Providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 89) requesting the President to submit a budget for fiscal year 1998 that would balance the Federal budget by fiscal year 2002 without relying on budgetary contingencies.

Policy area: Congress — 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 & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Procedural vote providing for consideration of a resolution.

    Tagged by: keyword:balanced budget

    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 (226)

Nay (202)

Not voting or present (5)

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