Senate roll call 377 · 97th Congress · Nov 16, 1981
To table the weicker amendment to H.R. 4169. The weicker amendment provides that no funds appropriated under the act may be used to prevent implementation of c
On Nov 16, 1981, the Senate voted 51–34 (HR 4169). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 33–12, Democrats 18–23, Independents 1–0. 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
- 51
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Nov 16, 1981
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 12 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 23 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- 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
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- 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
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy 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
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- 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
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Nicholas Frederick Brady R-NJ
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
Other votes
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