To provide for a temporary increase in the public debt limit.
Public Law 101-350 · H.R. 5350 · 101st Congress · began in the House
Signed by George H. W. Bush (R) on Aug 9, 1990 · Economics and Public Finance
Sponsor: Rep. Daniel Rostenkowski (D-IL-8)
Cosponsors: None
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 247 yea, 172 nay247–172
- SenateVoice vote
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.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Increases the public debt limit from the date of enactment of this Act until October 2, 1990, to $3,195,000,000,000.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 101st Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 249 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
249 yea173 nay10 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(203)
- Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
- Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
- Rep. Mervyn DymallyD-CA-31
- Rep. Charles HayesD-IL-1
- Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
- Rep. Craig WashingtonD-TX-18
Rep. Ed TownsD-NY-11- Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1- Rep. Major OwensD-NY-12
- Rep. Don EdwardsD-CA-10
- Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
- Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
- Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-17
Rep. Pete StarkD-CA-9
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-16
Rep. John LewisD-GA-5- Rep. William LehmanD-FL-17
- Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. José SerranoD-NY-18
Rep. Donald PayneD-NJ-10- Rep. Cardiss CollinsD-IL-7
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-5
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7- Rep. Carl PerkinsD-KY-7
- Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
- Rep. Floyd FlakeD-NY-6
- Rep. Harold FordD-TN-9
Rep. Jim McDermottD-WA-7- Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
Rep. Gary AckermanD-NY-7- Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
Rep. Barbara BoxerD-CA-6- Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7- Rep. James ScheuerD-NY-8
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7- Rep. David BoniorD-MI-12
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16- Rep. Lane EvansD-IL-17
- Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-10
- Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
- Rep. Esteban TorresD-CA-34
Rep. Howard BermanD-CA-26- Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
- Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7- Rep. Gus HawkinsD-CA-29
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24- Rep. Victor FazioD-CA-4
- Rep. William GrayD-PA-2
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5- Rep. Thomas FogliettaD-PA-1
- Rep. Jolene UnsoeldD-WA-3
- Rep. Joseph KennedyD-MA-8
- Rep. Alan WheatD-MO-5
- Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
- Rep. Neal SmithD-IA-4
- Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
- Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
- Rep. Meldon LevineD-CA-27
Rep. Peter DeFazioD-OR-4
Rep. Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7- Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
- Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
Rep. Eliot EngelD-NY-19- Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
- Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
Rep. Richard DurbinD-IL-20- Rep. Harley StaggersD-WV-2
- Rep. Chester AtkinsD-MA-5
- Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
Rep. Barney FrankD-MA-4- Rep. Peter KostmayerD-PA-8
- Rep. Robert MrazekD-NY-3
- Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
- Rep. Ronald ColemanD-TX-16
- Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
- Rep. James JontzD-IN-5
Rep. Sander LevinD-MI-17- Rep. Michael SynarD-OK-2
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-10
Rep. Nita LoweyD-NY-20- Rep. Richard LehmanD-CA-18
- Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
- Rep. Lawrence SmithD-FL-16
- Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
- Rep. Robert WiseD-WV-3
- Rep. Walter JonesD-NC-1
Rep. Benjamin CardinD-MD-3- Rep. Jerry KleczkaD-WI-4
- Rep. Martin FrostD-TX-24
- Rep. Matthew MartínezD-CA-30
- Rep. Albert EspyD-MS-2
- Rep. Thomas MantonD-NY-9
- Rep. Dennis HertelD-MI-14
Rep. Marcy KapturD-OH-9- Rep. Jerome TraxlerD-MI-8
- Rep. Thomas SawyerD-OH-14
- Rep. Francis McCloskeyD-IN-8
- Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-28
- Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
- Rep. Edward FeighanD-OH-19
- Rep. Albert BustamanteD-TX-23
- Rep. Dante FascellD-FL-19
- Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
Rep. Rick BoucherD-VA-9
Rep. Alan MollohanD-WV-1- Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
- Rep. Jim MoodyD-WI-5
- Rep. Leon PanettaD-CA-16
- Rep. Charles RoseD-NC-7
- Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
- Rep. Bernard DwyerD-NJ-6
- Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
- Rep. David NagleD-IA-3
- Rep. George HochbruecknerD-NY-1
Rep. Louise SlaughterD-NY-30- Rep. Terry BruceD-IL-19
- Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
- Rep. Robert BorskiD-PA-3
- Rep. Joseph BrennanD-ME-1
- Rep. Bruce MorrisonD-CT-3
- Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-33
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12- Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
- Rep. Kika de la GarzaD-TX-15
- Rep. Robert TorricelliD-NJ-9
- Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
- Rep. David SkaggsD-CO-2
- Rep. Tom LantosD-CA-11
- Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
Rep. Solomon OrtizD-TX-27- Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
- Rep. Thomas LukenD-OH-1
Rep. Bart GordonD-TN-6- Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
- Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
- Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6- Rep. Douglas WalgrenD-PA-18
- Rep. Douglas OwensD-UT-2
- Rep. Douglas BoscoD-CA-1
- Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
- Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
- Rep. William RichardsonD-NM-3
Rep. Michael McNultyD-NY-23- Rep. Jim ChapmanD-TX-1
- Rep. Tony HallD-OH-3
Rep. Paul KanjorskiD-PA-11
Rep. David PriceD-NC-4- Rep. Frank AnnunzioD-IL-11
- Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
- Rep. Charles McMillenD-MD-4
- Rep. Harry JohnstonD-FL-14
- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-32
- Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
- Rep. Gerald SikorskiD-MN-6
- Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
Rep. Nick RahallD-WV-4- Rep. Robert ClementD-TN-5
- Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
- Rep. William LipinskiD-IL-5
- Rep. Charles HatcherD-GA-2
Rep. Thomas CarperD-DE- Rep. James BilbrayD-NV-1
- Rep. Ben JonesD-GA-4
- Rep. Bob CarrD-MI-6
- Rep. James OlinD-VA-6
- Rep. Jill Long ThompsonD-IN-4
Rep. Tim JohnsonD-SD-1
Rep. John SprattD-SC-5- Rep. Michael AndrewsD-TX-25
- Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
- Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
Rep. Bill NelsonD-FL-11- Rep. James ClarkeD-NC-11
- Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
- Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
- Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-2
- Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
- Rep. James RowlandD-GA-8
- Rep. Ronnie FlippoD-AL-5
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
- Rep. Martin LancasterD-NC-3
- Rep. Pete GerenD-TX-12
- Rep. John BrowderD-AL-3
- Rep. Norman SisiskyD-VA-4
- Rep. Claude HarrisD-AL-7
- Rep. James HayesD-LA-7
- Rep. Robert ThomasD-GA-1
- Rep. Lewis PayneD-VA-5
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4- Rep. Ed JenkinsD-GA-9
- Rep. Marilyn LloydD-TN-3
- Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
- Rep. Elizabeth PattersonD-SC-4
- Rep. William SarpaliusD-TX-13
- Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
- Rep. Druie BarnardD-GA-10
- Rep. Mike ParkerD-MS-4
- Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
Republicans who voted yea(46)
- Rep. Constance MorellaR-MD-8
- Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
- Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-29
- Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-15
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4- Rep. Patricia SaikiR-HI-1
- Rep. Sherry BoehlertR-NY-25
- Rep. Hamilton FishR-NY-21
- Rep. Peter SmithR-VT
- Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
- Rep. Nancy JohnsonR-CT-6
- Rep. Joseph McDadeR-PA-10
- Rep. Sidney MorrisonR-WA-4
Rep. Jim WalshR-NY-27- Rep. Dean GalloR-NJ-11
- Rep. John MillerR-WA-1
- Rep. Raymond McGrathR-NY-5
- Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-5
- Rep. Steven SchiffR-NM-1
- Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
- Rep. Susan MolinariR-NY-14
- Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
- Rep. Paul GillmorR-OH-5
- Rep. Willis GradisonR-OH-2
- Rep. Rodney ChandlerR-WA-8
- Rep. Herbert BatemanR-VA-1
- Rep. David MartinR-NY-26
- Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
- Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
- Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
- Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10
Rep. Jim McCreryR-LA-4- Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-8
- Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
- Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
- Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-15
- Rep. Henry HydeR-IL-6
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
- Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
- Rep. Michael OxleyR-OH-4
- Rep. Craig ThomasR-WY
- Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
- Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
Rep. Duncan HunterR-CA-45
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 664 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.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 13 actions.
- Aug 9, 1990Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 101-350.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Aug 4, 1990FloorFloor · Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Aug 3, 1990FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- FloorFloor · On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 247 - 172 (Roll no. 313).House roll call 313
- FloorFloor · Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5350 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. It shall be in order to consider the bill in the House. Measure will be considered read. A specifie…
- FloorFloor · Rule H. Res. 448 passed House.
- Aug 1, 1990FloorFloor · Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 448 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5350 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit. It shall be in order to consider the bill…
- Jul 26, 1990CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Ways and Means Committee
- Jul 25, 1990CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Ways and Means Committee
- Jul 24, 1990CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Ways and Means Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
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.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.