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House Roll Call 852, 105th Congress · June 10, 1998

Bankruptcy Reform Act — (HOUSE REJECTED THE CONYERS MOTION THAT SOUGHT TO RECOMMIT H.R. 3150 TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO REPORT BACK FORTHWITH WITH AMENDMENTS THAT REVISE THE NEEDS-BASED BANKRUPTCY SECTION TO EXCLUDE SUPPORT OF A CHILD, ALIMONY, OR SUPPORT PAID TO A SPOUSE OR FORMER SPOUSE AND ADDS A SECTION FOR PROTECTION AGAINST REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENTS ADVERSELY AFFECTING CHILD SUPPORT.)

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Recommit with Instructions

153 yea · 270 nayFailed10 not voting or present
Democrat150 yea · 48 nay
Republican2 yea · 222 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 3150 ↗

Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1998

Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector — 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.

  • Financial RegulationA yea counts toward “Regulate”

    model(0.90): Adds regulatory protections for child support and restricts predatory reaffirmation agreements.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Finance and Financial Sector

    Axis: Regulate ← → Deregulate

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (153)

Nay (270)

Not voting or present (10)

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