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House Roll Call 42, 105th Congress · March 12, 1997

Request New Balanced Budget from the President — H.RES.89 BY SUNUNU (R-NH) -- RESOLUTION REGARDING SUBMISSION OF A BALANCED BUDGET BY THE PRESIDENT (HOUSE REJECTED THE SPRATT MOTION TO RECOMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT A DETAILED BUDGET PLAN TO ACHIEVE A BALANCED BUDGET BY FISCAL YEAR 2002 IN SUFFICIENT TIME FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO FULFILL ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 301(A) OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET ACT OF 1974, WHICH REQUIRES CONGRESS TO COMPLETE ACTION ON OR BEFORE APRIL 15 ON A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 1 OF SUCH YEAR.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

202 yea · 225 nayFailed5 not voting or present
Democrat199 yea · 1 nay
Republican2 yea · 224 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

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: 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): Instructs committee to report a detailed plan 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 (202)

Nay (225)

Not voting or present (5)

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