Senate Roll Call 93, 104th Congress · February 28, 1995

To permit outlays on the debt limit to be increased by a majority vote. — (SENATE TABLED BYRD AMENDMENT NO. 254, TO ESTABLISH THAT THE LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT SHALL NOT BE INCREASED UNLESS CONGRESS PROVIDES BY LAW FOR SUCH AN INCREASE.)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

68 yea · 32 nayMotion to Table Agreed to

Democrat15 yea · 31 nay

Republican52 yea · 0 nay

Independent1 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.J.Res. 1 ↗

Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

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(0.85): Tabling the amendment kills a provision that would have facilitated debt limit increases.
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 (68)

Nay (32)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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