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House Roll Call 124, 96th Congress · May 10, 1979

TO AGREE TO A SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT TO H. CON. RES. 107, TO DIRECT THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO GENERATE $1 BILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUES FOR FISCAL 1979, $4 BILLION FOR FISCAL 1980, TO INCREASE BUDGET AUTHORITY AND OUTLAYS FOR HUMAN NEEDS PROGRAMS AND TO DECREASE THE DEFICIT BY $2.5 BILLION. (MOTION FAILED)

130 yea · 277 nay19 not voting or present
Democrat129 yea · 125 nay
Republican4 yea · 154 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): The amendment increases budget authority and outlays for human needs programs, representing fiscal expansion.

    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 (134)

Nay (281)

Not voting or present (19)

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