To concur in the house amendment to the Senate amendment to with the packwood, or) substitute to HJ RES 372, to set the maximum federal deficit levels for fisca

On Nov 6, 1985, the Senate voted 74–24. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 48–4, Democrats 26–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 24 members voted against their own party.

During the 99th Congress (1985–1986), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Yes: 74
No: 24
Did not vote: 3
Date: Nov 6, 1985

By party

Republicans48 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats26 yes · 20 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO 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
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd 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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