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A bill to provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit.

Public Law 100-84 · H.R. 3190 · 100th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Aug 10, 1987 · Economics and Public Finance

Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Rostenkowski (D-IL-8)

Cosponsors: None

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseVoice vote
  • SenateRecorded vote: 51 yea, 39 nay51–39
Data notes

The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

Increases the public debt limit until September 23, 1987, to $2,352,000,000,000.

Who voted for it

Every senator of the 100th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 51 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

51 yea39 nay10 present or did not vote

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Democrats who voted yea(33)

  • Sen. Barbara MikulskiD-MD
  • Sen. Alan CranstonD-CA
  • Sen. Howard MetzenbaumD-OH
  • Sen. Brock AdamsD-WA
  • Sen. Paul SarbanesD-MD
  • Sen. Dale BumpersD-AR
  • Sen. Patrick LeahyD-VT
  • Sen. John KerryD-MA
  • Sen. Donald RiegleD-MI
  • Sen. George MitchellD-ME
  • Sen. Claiborne PellD-RI
  • Sen. Frank LautenbergD-NJ
  • Sen. Daniel InouyeD-HI
  • Sen. Jay RockefellerD-WV
  • Sen. Tom DaschleD-SD
  • Sen. Max BaucusD-MT
  • Sen. David PryorD-AR
  • Sen. Christopher DoddD-CT
  • Sen. Daniel MoynihanD-NY
  • Sen. Robert ByrdD-WV
  • Sen. Wendell FordD-KY
  • Sen. Wyche FowlerD-GA
  • Sen. John JohnstonD-LA
  • Sen. Harry ReidD-NV
  • Sen. Bill BradleyD-NJ
  • Sen. John BreauxD-LA
  • Sen. Lawton ChilesD-FL
  • Sen. Bob GrahamD-FL
  • Sen. John StennisD-MS
  • Sen. Alan DixonD-IL
  • Sen. Lloyd BentsenD-TX
  • Sen. Samuel NunnD-GA
  • Sen. David BorenD-OK

Republicans who voted yea(18)

  • Sen. Lowell WeickerR-CT
  • Sen. Robert StaffordR-VT
  • Sen. John ChafeeR-RI
  • Sen. Henry HeinzR-PA
  • Sen. Robert PackwoodR-OR
  • Sen. John DanforthR-MO
  • Sen. Nancy KassebaumR-KS
  • Sen. William RothR-DE
  • Sen. Alfonse D’AmatoR-NY
  • Sen. Pete DomeniciR-NM
  • Sen. Ted StevensR-AK
  • Sen. Thad CochranR-MS
  • Sen. Rudy BoschwitzR-MN
  • Sen. Richard LugarR-IN
  • Sen. Robert DoleR-KS
  • Sen. Kit BondR-MO
  • Sen. Strom ThurmondR-SC
  • Sen. Dan QuayleR-IN
Data notes

The Senate’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 233 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 10 actions.

  1. Aug 10, 1987Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 100-84.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Aug 7, 1987PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
  4. FloorFloor · Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 51-39. Record Vote No: 233.Senate roll call 233
  5. FloorFloor · Passed House by Voice Vote.
  6. FloorFloor · Called up by House by Unanimous Consent.
  7. CommitteeCommittee · Discharged from House Ways and Means Committee
  8. CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Ways and Means Committee
  9. CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Ways and Means Committee
  10. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
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Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.

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Official record

The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.