Senate Roll Call 20, 96th Congress · March 26, 1979

TO TABLE THE DOLE AMENDMENT TO THE DOLE AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2534, A BILL PROVIDING FOR A TEMPORARY INCREASE IN THE PUBLIC DEBT LIMIT. THE DOLE AMENDMENT, AS INTRODUCED, REQUIRED A TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE TO APPROVE A BUDGET DEFICIT. THE DOLE AMENDMENT TO THE DOLE AMENDMENT PROHIBITS A DEBT LIMIT INCREASE WITHOUT A BALANCED OR SURPLUS BUDGET OR MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE AGREEING TO A RESOLUTION PROJECTING A DEFICIT. (MOTION PASSED)

46 yea · 44 nay9 not voting or present

Democrat46 yea · 8 nay

Republican0 yea · 36 nay

Independent0 yea · 1 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 2534 ↗

A bill to provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit, and for other purposes.

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 expansion”
model(0.85): Tabling kills restrictions on increasing the debt limit without a balanced budget.
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 (46)

Nay (45)

Not voting or present (9)

Joseph R. Biden Jr.Did not vote
John Chester CulverDid not vote
Thomas Francis EagletonDid not vote
Henry John Heinz IIIDid not vote
Walter Darlington HuddlestonDid not vote
Nancy Landon KassebaumDid not vote
Paul Dominque LaxaltDid not vote
Larry Lee PresslerDid not vote
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr.Did not vote

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