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House Roll Call 360, 99th Congress · November 6, 1985

MOTION TO CONCUR IN THE SENATE AMENDMENT TO OTHER AMENDMENTS TO H J RES 372 PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT. ALL THE AMENDMENTS HAVE SCHEDULES TO REDUCE THE NATIONAL DEFICIT BY STIPULATED AMOUNTS EACH YEAR UNTIL THE BUDGET IS BALANCED. UNDER EACH PLAN, THE PRESIDENT MUST CUT SPENDING FOR ALMOST ALL PROGRAMS EACH YEAR IF IT APPEARS THAT OVERALL SPENDING FOR THAT YEAR WILL PASS THE STIPULATED LIMIT. (MOTION FAILED)

177 yea · 248 nay5 not voting or present
Democrat1 yea · 240 nay
Republican177 yea · 8 nay
Independent0 yea · 1 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 372 ↗

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985

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): Concurring in amendments with deficit reduction schedules promotes 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 (179)

Nay (250)

Not voting or present (5)

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