Who voted against the debt ceiling bill in Congress, and who voted for it?
Washington — The House and Senate both passed a bill this week to suspend the debt ceiling and limit government spending in strong bipartisan votes that allayed fears of an unprecedented U.S. government default.
The bill, known as the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, came together within days of President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reaching an agreement. It sailed through the House by a vote of 314 to 117 on Wednesday, and cleared the Senate on Thursday by a vote of 63 to 36.
In the House, a majority of each party's members — 149 Republicans and 165 Democrats — voted to pass the bill. Seventy-one Republicans and 46 Democrats voted against it. Four members did not vote.
On the Senate side, 17 Republicans joined 45 Democrats and two Democratic-leaning independents in supporting the measure. Thirty-one Republicans, four Democrats and one independent — Sen. Bernie Sanders — voted against the bill. One senator did not cast a vote.
The legislation now heads to Mr. Biden's desk, and he has vowed to sign it "as soon as possible."
The opposition to the bill in Congress came mainly from progressive Democrats who objected to the bill's spending cuts and conservative Republicans who argued those cuts did not go far enough.
Here's who voted for and against the debt ceiling bill in the Senate and the House:
Who voted for the debt ceiling bill?
In the Senate:
| Democrats 🔵 | Republicans 🔴 | Independents ⚪️ |
| Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin | John Boozman, Arkansas | Kyrsten Sinema, Arizona |
| Michael Bennet, Colorado | Shelley Moore Capito, W. Virginia | Angus King, Maine |
| Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut | Susan Collins, Maine | |
| Cory Booker, New Jersey | John Cornyn, Texas | |
| Sherrod Brown, Ohio | Kevin Cramer, North Dakota | |
| Maria Cantwell, Washington | Joni Ernst, Iowa | |
| Ben Cardin, Maryland | Chuck Grassley, Iowa | |
| Tom Carper, Delaware | John Hoeven, North Dakota | |
| Bob Casey, Pennsylvania | Mitch McConnell, Kentucky | |
| Chris Coons, Delaware | Jerry Moran, Kansas | |
| Catherine Cortez Masto, Nevada | Markwayne Mullin, Oklahoma | |
| Tammy Duckworth, Illinois | Lisa Murkowski, Alaska | |
| Richard Durbin, Illinois | Mitt Romney, Utah | |
| Dianne Feinstein, California | Mike Rounds, South Dakota | |
| Kirsten Gillibrand, New York | John Thune, South Dakota | |
| Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire | Thom Tillis, North Carolina | |
| Martin Heinrich, New Mexico | Todd Young, Indiana | |
| John Hickenlooper, Colorado | ||
| Mazie Hirono, Hawaii | ||
| Tim Kaine, Virginia | ||
| Mark Kelly, Arizona | ||
| Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota | ||
| Ben Ray Luján, New Mexico | ||
| Joe Manchin, West Virginia | ||
| Bob Menendez, New Jersey | ||
| Chris Murphy, Connecticut | ||
| Patty Murray, Washington | ||
| Jon Ossoff, Georgia | ||
| Alex Padilla, California | ||
| Gary Peters, Michigan | ||
| Jack Reed, Rhode Island | ||
| Jacky Rosen, Nevada | ||
| Brian Schatz, Hawaii | ||
| Chuck Schumer, New York | ||
| Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire | ||
| Tina Smith, Minnesota | ||
| Debbie Stabenow, Michigan | ||
| Jon Tester, Montana | ||
| Chris Van Hollen, Maryland | ||
| Mark Warner, Virginia | ||
| Raphael Warnock, Georgia | ||
| Peter Welch, Vermont | ||
| Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island | ||
| Ron Wyden, Oregon |
In the House:
| Democrats 🔵 | Republicans 🔴 |
| Alma Adams, North Carolina | Robert Aderholt, Alabama |
| Pete Aguilar, California | Rick Allen, Georgia |
| Collin Allred, Texas | Mark Amodei, Nevada |
| Jake Auchincloss, Massachusetts | Kelly Armstrong, North Dakota |
| Becca Balint, Vermont | Jodey Arrington, Texas |
| Joyce Beatty, Ohio | Brian Babin, Texas |
| Ami Bera, California | Don Bacon, Nebraska |
| Don Beyer, Virginia | James Baird, Indiana |
| Sanford Bishop, Georgia | Troy Balderson, Ohio |
| Earl Blumenauer, Oregon | Andy Barr, Kentucky |
| Lisa Blunt Rochester, Delaware | Aaron Bean, Florida |
| Brendan Boyle, Pennsylvania | Cliff Bentz, Oregon |
| Shontel Brown, Ohio | Jack Bergman, Michigan |
| Julia Brownley, California | Stephanie Bice, Oklahoma |
| Nikki Budzinski, Illinois | Gus Bilirakis, Florida |
| Yadira Caraveo, Colorado | Larry Bucshon, Indiana |
| Salud Carbajal, California | Michael Burgess, Texas |
| Tony Cárdenas, California | Ken Calvert, California |
| Andre Carson, Indiana | Mike Carey, Ohio |
| Troy Carter, Louisiana | Jerry Carl, Alabama |
| Matt Cartwright, Pennsylvania | Earl "Buddy" Carter, Georgia |
| Ed Case, Hawaii | Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Oregon |
| Sean Casten, Illinois | Juan Ciscomani, Arizona |
| Kathy Castor, Florida | Tom Cole, Oklahoma |
| Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Florida | James Comer, Kentucky |
| David Cicilline, Rhode Island | Eric "Rick" Crawford, Arkansas |
| Katherine Clark, Massachusetts | Dan Crenshaw, Texas |
| Emanuel Cleaver, Missouri | John Curtis, Utah |
| Jim Clyburn, South Carolina | Anthony D'Esposito, New York |
| Steve Cohen, Tennessee | Warren Davidson, Ohio |
| Lou Correa, California | Monica De La Cruz, Texas |
| Jim Costa, California | Mario Diaz-Balart, Florida |
| Joe Courtney, Connecticut | John Duarte, California |
| Jason Crow, Colorado | Jeff Duncan, South Carolina |
| Henry Cuellar, Texas | Neal P. Dunn, Florida |
| Sharice Davids, Kansas | Chuck Edwards, North Carolina |
| Danny Davis, Illinois | Jake Ellzey, Texas |
| Don Davis, North Carolina | Tom Emmer, Minnesota |
| Madeleine Dean, Pennsylvania | Ron Estes, Kansas |
| Diana DeGette, Colorado | Mike Ezell, Mississippi |
| Suzan DelBene, Washington | Randy Feenstra, Iowa |
| Chris Deluzio, Pennsylvania | A. Drew Ferguson IV, Georgia |
| Debbie Dingell, Michigan | Scott Fitzgerald, Wisconsin |
| Lloyd Doggett, Texas | Brian Fitzpatrick, Pennsylvania |
| Veronica Escobar, Texas | Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann, Tennessee |
| Anna Eshoo, California | Mike Flood, Nebraska |
| Dwight Evans, Pennsylvania | Virginia Foxx, North Carolina |
| Lizzie Fletcher, Texas | C. Scott Franklin, Florida |
| Bill Foster, Illinois | Mike Gallagher, Wisconsin |
| Valerie Foushee, North Carolina | Andrew Garbarino, New York |
| Lois Frankel, Florida | Mike Garcia, California |
| Maxwell Frost, Florida | Carlos Gimenez, Florida |
| Ruben Gallego, Arizona | Kay Granger, Texas |
| John Garamendi, California | Garret Graves, Louisiana |
| Robert Garcia, California | Sam Graves, Missouri |
| Jared Golden, Maine | Mark Green, Tennessee |
| Vicente Gonzalez, Texas | Marjorie Taylor Greene, Georgia |
| Josh Gottheimer, New Jersey | Glenn Grothman, Wisconsin |
| Al Green, Texas | Brett Guthrie, Kentucky |
| Josh Harder, California | J. French Hill, Arkansas |
| Brian Higgins, New York | Ashley Hinson, Iowa |
| Jim Himes, Connecticut | Erin Houchin, Indiana |
| Steven Horsford, Nevada | Richard Hudson, North Carolina |
| Chrissy Houlahan, Pennsylvania | Bill Huizenga, Michigan |
| Steny Hoyer, Maryland | Darrell Issa, California |
| Glenn Ivey, Maryland | John James, Michigan |
| Jonathan L. Jackson, Illinois | Mike Johnson, Louisiana |
| Jeff Jackson, North Carolina | Bill Johnson, Ohio |
| Sheila Jackson Lee, Texas | Dusty Johnson, South Dakota |
| Sara Jacobs, California | Jim Jordan, Ohio |
| Hakeem Jeffries, New York | David Joyce, Ohio |
| Hank Johnson Jr., Georgia | John Joyce, Pennsylvania |
| Marcy Kaptur, Ohio | Thomas Kean Jr., New Jersey |
| Bill Keating, Massachusetts | Trent Kelly, Mississippi |
| Robin Kelly, Illinois | Mike Kelly, Pennsylvania |
| Dan Kildee, Michigan | Jennifer Kiggans, Virginia |
| Derek Kilmer, Washington | Kevin Kiley, California |
| Andy Kim, New Jersey | Young Kim, California |
| Raja Krishnamoorthi, Illinois | David Kustoff, Tennessee |
| Annie Kuster, New Hampshire | Nick LaLota, New York |
| Greg Landsman, Ohio | Doug LaMalfa, California |
| Rick Larsen, Washington | Doug Lamborn, Colorado |
| Susie Lee, Nevada | Nicholas Langworthy, New York |
| Teresa Leger Fernandez, New Mexico | Robert Latta, Ohio |
| Mike Levin, California | Jake LaTurner, Kansas |
| Ted Lieu, California | Michael Lawler, New York |
| Zoe Lofgren, California | Laurel Lee, Florida |
| Stephen Lynch, Massachusetts | Julia Letlow, Louisiana |
| Seth Magaziner, Rhode Island | Barry Loudermilk, Georgia |
| Kathy Manning, North Carolina | Frank Lucas, Oklahoma |
| Doris O. Matsui, California | Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri |
| Lucia "Lucy" McBath, Georgia | Nicole Malliotakis, New York |
| Jennifer McClellan, Virginia | Thomas Massie, Kentucky |
| Betty McCollum, Minnesota | Kevin McCarthy, California |
| Morgan McGarvey, Kentucky | Michael McCaul, Texas |
| Gregory Meeks, New York | Lisa McClain, Michigan |
| Rob Menendez Jr., New Jersey | Tom McClintock, California |
| Kweisi Mfume, Maryland | Patrick McHenry, North Carolina |
| Joseph Morelle, New York | Daniel Meuser, Pennsylvania |
| Jared Moskowitz, Florida | Max Miller, Ohio |
| Seth Moulton, Massachusetts | Carol Miller, West Virginia |
| Frank Mrvan, Indiana | Mariannette Miller-Meeks, Iowa |
| Kevin Mullin, California | Marcus Molinaro, New York |
| Grace Napolitano, California | John Moolenaar, Michigan |
| Richard Neal, Massachusetts | Blake Moore, Utah |
| Joe Neguse, Colorado | Gregory Murphy, North Carolina |
| Wiley Nickel, North Carolina | Troy E. Nehls, Texas |
| Donald Norcross, New Jersey | Dan Newhouse, Washington |
| Ilhan Omar, Minnesota | Zachary Nunn, Iowa |
| Frank Pallone Jr., New Jersey | Jay Obernolte, California |
| Jimmy Panetta, California | Burgess Owens, Utah |
| Chris Pappas, New Hampshire | Greg Pence, Indiana |
| Bill Pascrell Jr., New Jersey | August Pfluger, Texas |
| Donald Payne Jr., New Jersey | Guy Reschenthaler, Pennsylvania |
| Nancy Pelosi, California | Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington |
| Mary Peltola, Alaska | Mike Rogers, Alabama |
| Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, Washington | Harold Rogers, Kentucky |
| Scott Peters, California | David Rouzer, North Carolina |
| Brittany Pettersen, Colorado | John Rutherford, Florida |
| Dean Phillips, Minnesota | Maria Elvira Salazar, Florida |
| Chellie Pingree, Maine | Steve Scalise, Louisiana |
| Mike Quigley, Illinois | David Schweikert, Arizona |
| Jamie Raskin, Maryland | Austin Scott, Georgia |
| Raul Ruiz, California | Michael Simpson, Idaho |
| Dutch Ruppersberger, Maryland | Jason Smith, Missouri |
| Pat Ryan, New York | Adrian Smith, Nebraska |
| Andrea Salinas, Oregon | Christopher Smith, New Jersey |
| Linda Sánchez, California | Lloyd Smucker, Pennsylvania |
| John P. Sarbanes, Maryland | Pete Stauber, Minnesota |
| Mary Gay Scanlon, Pennsylvania | Michelle Steel, California |
| Adam Schiff, California | Elise Stefanik, New York |
| Brad Schneider, Illinois | Bryan Steil, Wisconsin |
| Hillary Scholten, Michigan | Chris Stewart, Utah |
| Kim Schrier, Washington | Claudia Tenney, New York |
| David Scott, Georgia | Glenn Thompson, Pennsylvania |
| Terri Sewell, Alabama | Michael Turner, Ohio |
| Brad Sherman, California | David Valadao, California |
| Mikie Sherrill, New Jersey | Derrick Van Orden, Wisconsin |
| Elissa Slotkin, Michigan | Ann Wagner, Missouri |
| Adam Smith, Washington | Tim Walberg, Michigan |
| Eric Sorensen, Illinois | Daniel Webster, Florida |
| Darren Soto, Florida | Brad Wenstrup, Ohio |
| Abigail Spanberger, Virginia | Bruce Westerman, Arkansas |
| Greg Stanton, Arizona | Brandon Williams, New York |
| Haley Stevens, Michigan | Roger Williams, Texas |
| Marilyn Strickland, Washington | Joe Wilson, South Carolina |
| Eric Swalwell, California | Robert Wittman, Virginia |
| Emilia Sykes, Ohio | Steve Womack, Arkansas |
| Mark Takano, California | Rudy Yakym III, Indiana |
| Shri Thanedar, Michigan | |
| Mike Thompson, California | |
| Bennie Thompson, Mississippi | |
| Dina Titus, Nevada | |
| Jill Tokuda, Hawaii | |
| Paul Tonko, New York | |
| Lori Trahan, Massachusetts | |
| David Trone, Maryland | |
| Lauren Underwood, Illinois | |
| Gabe Vasquez, New Mexico | |
| Marc Veasey, Texas | |
| Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida | |
| Maxine Waters, California | |
| Bonnie Watson Coleman, New Jersey | |
| Jennifer Wexton, Virginia | |
| Susan Wild, Pennsylvania |
Who voted against the debt ceiling bill?
In the Senate:
| Republicans 🔴 | Democrats 🔵 | Independents ⚪️ |
| John Barrasso, Wyoming | John Fetterman, Pennsylvania | Bernie Sanders, Vermont |
| Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee | Ed Markey, Massachusetts | |
| Mike Braun, Indiana | Jeff Merkley, Oregon | |
| Katie Britt, Alabama | Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts | |
| Ted Budd, North Carolina | ||
| Bill Cassidy, Louisiana | ||
| Tom Cotton, Arkansas | ||
| Mike Crapo, Idaho | ||
| Ted Cruz, Texas | ||
| Steve Daines, Montana | ||
| Deb Fischer, Nebraska | ||
| Lindsey Graham, South Carolina | ||
| Josh Hawley, Missouri | ||
| Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mississippi | ||
| Ron Johnson, Wisconsin | ||
| John Kennedy, Louisiana | ||
| James Lankford, Oklahoma | ||
| Mike Lee, Utah | ||
| Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming | ||
| Roger Marshall, Kansas | ||
| Rand Paul, Kentucky | ||
| Pete Ricketts, Nebraska | ||
| James Risch, Idaho | ||
| Marco Rubio, Florida | ||
| Eric Schmitt, Missouri | ||
| Tim Scott, South Carolina | ||
| Rick Scott, Florida | ||
| Dan Sullivan, Alaska | ||
| Tommy Tuberville, Alabama | ||
| J.D. Vance, Ohio | ||
| Roger Wicker, Mississippi |
In the House:
| Democrats 🔵 | Republicans 🔴 |
| Nanette Barragán, California | Mark Alford, Missouri |
| Suzanne Bonamici, Oregon | Andy Biggs, Arizona |
| Jamaal Bowman, New York | Dan Bishop, North Carolina |
| Cori Bush, Missouri | Mike Bost, Illinois |
| Greg Casar, Texas | Josh Brecheen, Oklahoma |
| Joaquin Castro, Texas | Vern Buchanan, Florida |
| Judy Chu, California | Ken Buck, Colorado |
| Yvette Clarke, New York | Tim Burchett, Tennessee |
| Gerry Connolly, Virginia | Eric Burlison, Missouri |
| Jasmine Crockett, Texas | Kat Cammack, Florida |
| Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut | John Carter, Texas |
| Mark DeSaulnier, California | Ben Cline, Virginia |
| Adriano Espaillat, New York | Michael Cloud, Texas |
| Jesús "Chuy" García, Illinois | Andrew Clyde, Georgia |
| Sylvia Garcia, Texas | Mike Collins, Georgia |
| Dan Goldman, New York | Elijah Crane, Arizona |
| Jimmy Gomez, California | Scott DesJarlais, Tennessee |
| Raúl Grijalva, Arizona | Byron Donalds, Florida |
| Jahana Hayes, Connecticut | Pat Fallon, Texas |
| Val Hoyle, Oregon | Brad Finstad, Minnesota |
| Jared Huffman, California | Michelle Fischbach, Minnesota |
| Pramila Jayapal, Washington | Russell Fry, South Carolina |
| Sydney Kamlager-Dove, California | Russ Fulcher, Idaho |
| Ro Khanna, California | Matt Gaetz, Florida |
| John Larson, Connecticut | Tony Gonzales, Texas |
| Barbara Lee, California | Bob Good, Virginia |
| Summer Lee, Pennsylvania | Lance Gooden, Texas |
| James McGovern, Massachusetts | Paul Gosar, Arizona |
| Grace Meng, New York | H. Morgan Griffith, Virginia |
| Gwen Moore, Wisconsin | Michael Guest, Mississippi |
| Jerrold Nadler, New York | Harriet Hageman, Wyoming |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, New York | Andy Harris, Maryland |
| Mark Pocan, Wisconsin | Diana Harshbarger, Tennessee |
| Katie Porter, California | Kevin Hern, Oklahoma |
| Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts | Clay Higgins, Louisiana |
| Delia Ramirez, Illinois | Wesley Hunt, Texas |
| Janice Schakowsky, Illinois | Ronny Jackson, Texas |
| Bobby Scott, Virginia | Darin LaHood, Illinois |
| Melanie A. Stansbury, New Mexico | Debbie Lesko, Arizona |
| Rashida Tlaib, Michigan | Anna Paulina Luna, Florida |
| Norma J. Torres, California | Morgan Luttrell, Texas |
| Ritchie Torres, New York | Nancy Mace, South Carolina |
| Juan Vargas, California | Tracey Mann, Kansas |
| Nydia Velázquez, New York | Brian Mast, Florida |
| Nikema Williams, Georgia | Richard McCormick, Georgia |
| Frederica Wilson, Florida | Mary Miller, Illinois |
| Cory Mills, Florida | |
| Alexander Mooney, West Virginia | |
| Barry Moore, Alabama | |
| Nathaniel Moran, Texas | |
| Ralph Norman, South Carolina | |
| Andrew Ogles, Tennessee | |
| Gary J. Palmer, Alabama | |
| Scott Perry, Pennsylvania | |
| Bill Posey, Florida | |
| John Rose, Tennessee | |
| Matthew Rosendale Sr., Montana | |
| Chip Roy, Texas | |
| George Santos, New York | |
| Keith Self, Texas | |
| Pete Sessions, Texas | |
| Victoria Spartz, Indiana | |
| Gregory Steube, Florida | |
| Dale Strong, Alabama | |
| Thomas Tiffany, Wisconsin | |
| William Timmons IV, South Carolina | |
| Jefferson Van Drew, New Jersey | |
| Beth Van Duyne, Texas | |
| Michael Waltz, Florida | |
| Randy Weber Sr., Texas | |
| Ryan Zinke, Montana |
