Senate roll call 330 · 97th Congress · Oct 22, 1981
To pass S. 1196. (motion passed) see note(s) 12
On Oct 22, 1981, the Senate voted 40–33 (S 1196). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–18, Democrats 18–17, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 35 members voted against their own party.
During the 97th Congress (1981–1982), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 40
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Oct 22, 1981
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 18 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 17 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- John Porter East R-NC voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Nicholas Frederick Brady R-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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