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Disapproving the student loan cancellation plan (H.J.Res. 45)

House vote · H.J.Res. 45 · On Passage · May 24, 2023Capitalism

Overturns the Education Department action that would have cancelled up to 20,000 dollars of student debt per borrower and ends the repayment pause.

Liberty position
Yea
The House voted
218 Yea, 203 Nay
Why Yea is the liberty side
A yes vote opposed a new debt cancellation program costing about 400 billion dollars.

Counted under the measure Free markets.

The count

359 current members of Congress were in the House for this vote. Members who have left Congress are not listed.

On the liberty side
180
177 Republicans, 2 Democrats, 1 Independent
Against the liberty side
168
168 Democrats
Not counted
11
4 Republicans, 7 Democrats

On the liberty side

180 current members voted Yea.

Against the liberty side

168 current members voted Nay.

Not counted

11 current members missed the vote or voted present. Neither counts for or against a member.

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