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House Roll Call 759, 94th Congress · April 28, 1976

TO AGREE TO AN AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE TO THE WRIGHT (TEX.) AMENDMENT TO H. CON. RES. 611, FIRST CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 1977. THE EDGAR SUBSTITUTE MAINTAINS THE WRIGHT AMENDMENT PROVISION OF $1.2 BILLION TO INCREASE THE BUDGET FOR VETERANS BENEFITS AND SERVICES, AND ADDS $610 MILLION TO COVER POSSIBLE EXTENSION OF THE DELIMITING DATE OF EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS UNDER THE G.I. BILL.

218 yea · 188 nay25 not voting or present
Democrat167 yea · 102 nay
Republican48 yea · 87 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 611 ↗

A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the U.S. Government for the fiscal year 1977, and revising the congressional budget for the transition quarter beginning July 1, 1976.

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): Adding funds for veterans educational benefits increases budget outlays.

    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 (218)

Nay (189)

Not voting or present (25)

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