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House Roll Call 854, 112th Congress · November 18, 2011

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States

Question before the chamber: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

261 yea · 165 nayFailed8 not voting or present
Democrat25 yea · 161 nay
Republican236 yea · 3 nay
Other0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 2 ↗

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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(0.95): A balanced budget amendment mandates spending restraint.

    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 (261)

Nay (165)

Not voting or present (8)

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