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House Roll Call 101, 96th Congress · May 2, 1979

TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE HOLTZMAN AMENDMENT TO H. CON. RES. 107. THE HOLTZMAN AMENDMENT SEEKS TO DECREASE 1980 BUDGET AUTHORITY BY $8 BILLION AND OUTLAYS BY $2.7 BILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING BY 15 PERCENT ALL CATEGORIES WITH UNOBLIGATED BALANCES, EXCEPT PENSION FUNDS, GUARANTEED PROGRAMS AND LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAMS. THE WILSON AMENDMENT SEEKS TO INCREASE 1980 BUDGET AUTHORITY BY $2.5 BILLION AND OUTLAYS BY $1.1 BILLION FOR NATIONAL DEFENSE. (MOTION FAILED)

188 yea · 209 nay37 not voting or present
Democrat61 yea · 182 nay
Republican126 yea · 25 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.Con.Res. 107

A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 1980 and revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 1979.

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(0.90): Increasing budget authority and outlays for national defense expands spending.

    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 (188)

Nay (209)

Not voting or present (37)

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