Senate roll call 373 · 97th Congress · Nov 12, 1981
To agree to the Senate judiciary amendment to H.R. 4169 on page 32, as amended, restricting funds for certain legal service cooperation activities. (motion pass
On Nov 12, 1981, the Senate voted 47–33 (HR 4169). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–25, Democrats 28–8, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 47
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Nov 12, 1981
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 25 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 8 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted yes
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- James Abdnor R-SD voted yes
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted yes
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- 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
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- 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
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- 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
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- 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 Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Melcher D-MT
- Nicholas Frederick Brady R-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Other votes
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