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Senate Roll Call 655, 98th Congress · October 5, 1984

TO TABLE THE TSONGAS AMENDMENT TO TO H. J. RES. 654. THE TSONGAS AMENDMENT LIMITS THE INCREASE IN THE LIMIT ON THE PUBLIC DEBT AND PROVIDES FOR CONSIDERATION OF DEFICIT REDUCTION LEGISLATION PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF ANOTHER INCREASE IN THE PUBLIC DEBT. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 15

30 yea · 61 nay9 not voting or present
Democrat5 yea · 37 nay
Republican25 yea · 24 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

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 limits on debt increases allows greater fiscal expansion.

    Tagged by: keyword:deficit reduction

    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 (30)

Nay (61)

Not voting or present (9)

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