Senate roll call 418 · 97th Congress · Nov 20, 1981
To table the proxmire amendment to the baker amendment to H.J.RES.357 to delete the foreign assistance and related programs appropriations act of 1982. The bake
On Nov 20, 1981, the Senate voted 48–49 (HJRES 357). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 33–19, Democrats 15–29, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 48
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Nov 20, 1981
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 19 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 29 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted yes
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted yes
- Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-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
- 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 Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- 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
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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