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House Roll Call 715, 97th Congress · October 1, 1982

TO AMEND H. J. RES. 350, A MEASURE PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION TO REQUIRE CONGRESS TO ADOPT A BALANCED BUDGET EACH YEAR, EXCEPT IN TIME OF WAR, OR IF THREE-FIFTHS OF THE CONGRESS AGREE TO DEFICIT SPENDING. THE ALEXANDER AMENDMENT, IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE, REQUIRES THE PRESIDENT TO SUBMIT A BALANCED BUDGET, AND THE CONGRESS TO ADOPT A BALANCED BUDGET UNLESS IT DECLARES A NATIONAL EMERGENCY. (MOTION FAILED)

77 yea · 346 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat74 yea · 153 nay
Republican2 yea · 191 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 350 ↗

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution altering Federal budget procedures.

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 restraint”

    model(0.95): Requiring a balanced budget enforces fiscal restraint.

    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 (77)

Nay (346)

Not voting or present (9)

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