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House Roll Call 792, 95th Congress · March 7, 1978

TO AGREE TO H. RES. 1056, THE RULE TO CONSIDER H.R. 11180, THE BILL INCREASING THE PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT FOR AN ADDITIONAL YEAR AND PROVIDING THAT THEREAFTER THE LIMIT SHALL BE DECIDED BY MEANS OF A CONCURRENT BUDGET RESOLUTION.

285 yea · 115 nay30 not voting or present
Democrat234 yea · 25 nay
Republican51 yea · 91 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Res. 1056 ↗

A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 11180) to increase the public debt limit through March 1, 1979, to provide that thereafter the public debt limit shall be established pursuant to the congressional budget procedures and to improve debt management.

Policy area: Congress — 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 & BudgetDirection unreadable — not scored

    excluded:model-unclear (0.95) Vote on a special rule providing for bill consideration is procedural.

    Tagged by: keyword:debt limit,budget resolution

    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 (286)

Nay (118)

Not voting or present (30)

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