Iowa’s congressional delegation voted along party lines on legislation to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, with Republican representatives Tom Latham and Steve King voting against the legislation. In a press release, Latham said he couldn’t support the compromise bill because it did nothing to curb federal spending, according to the Congressional Record. 

“The White House-Senate compromise contains some good provisions I agree with, such as preventing massive tax hikes on most families and finally making the cuts permanent, extending the farm bill, and maintaining the wind energy tax credit,” Latham said. “However, it lacks a critical component: necessary spending cuts to address our exploding debt. Our $3.5 trillion budget is and will continue to be our primary fiscal obstacle, and a bill that increases taxes and fails to even begin to address spending decisions is not the action American taxpayers have asked for.”

Democrat Leonard Boswell was among 172 Democrats who voted for the bill, along with Reps. Dave Loebsack and Bruce Braley. Sixteen Democrats voted no on the legislation.

Eighty-five Republicans voted for the fiscal-cliff bill and 151 voted no. 

Previously in the Senate, both Democrat Tom Harkin and Republican Chuck Grassley voted against the bill.