UCLA Presents voteview.com beta 3

Welcome! We have just updated Voteview's aging codebase. In the process, we have fixed some nagging issues, added a few new features, and improved performance. If you notice anything that used to work that no longer does, please let us know.

112th Congress > House > Vote 1414

Date: July 18, 2012

Result: 414-2 (Passed)

Clerk session vote number: 471

Vote Subject Matter: Government Management / Budget General Interest

Sponsor: HENSARLING, Jeb (R-TX)

Bill number: HR5872

Question: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Description: Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012

Bill summary: (This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 2, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 - Requires the President, within 30 days after the enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a detailed report on the implementation of certain discretionary reductions (in security and nonsecurity categories) and nonexempt direct spending reductions in the sequestration ordered by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) for FY2013 on January 2, 2013. (The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act was amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011 to revise the discretionary spending limits and reduce the discretionary appropriations and direct spending specified in the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act unless a joint committee bill achieving an amount greater than $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction would be enacted by January 15, 2012.) Requires the head of each executive agency, upon the request of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (in assisting the President in preparation of the report), to provide to the Director promptly any information at the program, project, and activity level necessary for the Director to prepare the report.

Bill titles: To require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 on January 2, 2013.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

Loading graphics...

Error!

Member Vote Map

Note: This map combines minor parties to increase visual clarity. Click here to view all parties separately.

Vote Ideological Breakdown

This chart describes how members voted on the rollcall. Members are placed according to their NOMINATE ideological scores. A cutting line divides the vote into those expected to vote "Yea" and those expected to vote "Nay". The shaded heatmap reflects the expected probability of voting "Yea". You can select points or regions to subset the members listed above and below.

Votes

(Sort by , , , , )

Selected: of from including with NOMINATE scores within .