Senate roll call 332 · 97th Congress · Oct 26, 1981
To amend H.R.4035 to transfer appropriations within the department of energy to eliminate funding for the residential conservation service and transfer $7 milli
On Oct 26, 1981, the Senate voted 17–71 (HR 4035). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–36, Democrats 1–37, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 17
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Oct 26, 1981
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 36 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 37 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted yes
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- John Porter East R-NC voted yes
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted yes
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Nicholas Frederick Brady R-NJ
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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