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House Roll Call 415, 99th Congress · December 11, 1985

TO ADOPT THE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.J. RES 372, RAISING THE STATUTORY LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT TO $2.079 TRILLION, AND REQUIRING AN ANNUAL DECLINE IN THE PUBLIC DEBT BEGINNING IN 1986 WHICH RESULTS IN A BALANCED BUDGET BY 1991.

271 yea · 154 nay4 not voting or present
Democrat114 yea · 130 nay
Republican158 yea · 25 nay
Independent1 yea · 0 nay
Other1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

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): Raises the statutory debt limit ceiling.

    Tagged by: keyword:balanced budget

    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 (274)

Nay (156)

Not voting or present (4)

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