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Senate Roll Call 28, 112th Congress · March 1, 2011

To require that the Government prioritize all obligations on the debt held by the public in the event that the debt limit is reached.

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

52 yea · 47 nayMotion to Table Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat49 yea · 0 nay
Republican0 yea · 47 nay
Independent3 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 23 ↗

America Invents Act

Policy area: Commerce — 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 expansion”

    model(0.85): Tabling a spending constraint mechanism at the debt ceiling prevents mandatory spending prioritization.

    Tagged by: keyword:debt limit

    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 (52)

Nay (47)

Not voting or present (1)

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