(historic, bi-partisan compromise measure passed U.S. House on Jul. 19, 2011, to deal with federal debt and balance budget failed to receive a vote in the Senate; in partisan vote on Jul. 21, 2011, U.S. Senate voted 51-46 (with three Senators not voting) to not vote on the measure; all 51 votes to not allow the measure to come to a vote on the Senate floor were cast by Democratic Senators and all 46 votes to allow the measure to come for a vote on the Senate floor were cast by Republican Senators).