To amend HJ RES 324, the temporary debt-limit increase, to set a deadline for federal deficit reduction by fiscal year 1992, with automatic spending cuts if def

On Jul 31, 1987, the Senate voted 71–21. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–19, Republicans 43–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 members voted against their own party.

During the 100th Congress (1987–1988), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 71
No: 21
Did not vote: 7
Date: Jul 31, 1987

By party

Republicans43 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats30 yes · 19 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
John Melcher D-MT voted no
Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
J. James Exon D-NE voted no
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted no
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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