Senate roll call 336 · 97th Congress · Oct 27, 1981
To amend H.R.4035 to provide that the total funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the act for payments not required by law shall be reduced by 5 per
On Oct 27, 1981, the Senate voted 35–61 (HR 4035). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–25, Democrats 8–36, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 35
- No
- 61
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Oct 27, 1981
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 25 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 36 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA voted no
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted yes
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- 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
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- 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
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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