Senate roll call 341 · 97th Congress · Oct 29, 1981
To amend S.1503 to provide that authority of the act shall not be used to impose or implement any tax, tariff, or user fee; that the President may invoke a rati
On Oct 29, 1981, the Senate voted 22–73 (S 1503). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–47, Democrats 19–27, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 22
- No
- 73
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Oct 29, 1981
By party
- Republicans3 yes · 47 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 27 no
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted yes
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen 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
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- 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
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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