House Roll Call 455, 119th Congress · March 18, 2026

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government

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

211 yea · 207 nayFailed14 not voting or present

Democrat1 yea · 207 nay

Republican209 yea · 0 nay

Independent1 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 139 ↗

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government.

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(0.90): A constitutional balanced budget requirement mandates fiscal 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 (211)

Nay (207)

Not voting or present (14)

Mark E. AmodeiDid not vote
Jake AuchinclossDid not vote
Troy BaldersonDid not vote
Mike CareyDid not vote
Pat FallonDid not vote
Tony GonzalesDid not vote
Thomas H. Kean, Jr.Did not vote
Robin L. KellyDid not vote
Raja KrishnamoorthiDid not vote
Anna Paulina LunaDid not vote
Nancy MaceDid not vote
Seth MoultonDid not vote
Kim SchrierDid not vote
Eric SwalwellDid not vote

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