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House Roll Call 837, 105th Congress · June 5, 1998

(HOUSE REJECTED THE SPRATT AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE THAT SOUGHT TO PROVIDE FOR TAX CREDITS FOR CHILD CARE, ENACT A PATIENT BILL OF RIGHTS, ASSIST SCHOOL MODERNIZATION FINANCING, RESERVE ALL BUDGET SURPLUSES UNTIL CONGRESS AND THE PRESIDENT AGREE ON LEGISLATION RELATING TO SOCIAL SECURITY SOLVENCY; AND MAINTAIN THE TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT FUNDING LEVELS. .)

Question before the chamber: On Agreeing to the Amendment

164 yea · 257 nayFailed13 not voting or present
Democrat163 yea · 32 nay
Republican1 yea · 224 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 284 ↗

Revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1998, establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1999, and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

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 expansion”

    model(0.95): The amendment expands government spending and provides tax credits for child care and education financing.

    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 (164)

Nay (257)

Not voting or present (13)

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