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House Roll Call 93, 96th Congress · May 1, 1979

TO AMEND THE SIMON AMENDMENT TO H. CON. RES. 107, THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL 1980 AND A REVISION OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL 1979. THE SIMON AMENDMENT ADDS $2.2 BILLION IN BUDGET AUTHORITY AND $1.5 BILLION IN OUTLAYS FOR FISCAL 1979, AND ADDS $470 MILLION IN OUTLAYS FOR FISCAL 1980. THE WILSON AMENDMENT WOULD ADD $800 MILLION TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AMENDMENT IN THE NATIONAL DEFENSE FUNCTION FOR FISCAL 1979. (MOTION FAILED)

183 yea · 229 nay12 not voting or present
Democrat76 yea · 183 nay
Republican111 yea · 49 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): Adding $800 million for national defense increases budget authority.

    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 (234)

Not voting or present (12)

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