Senate roll call 467 · 97th Congress · Dec 10, 1981
To agree to the conference report on S.884, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1982 through 1985 for commodity price support programs administered by the depart
On Dec 10, 1981, the Senate voted 68–31 (S 884). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 44–8, Democrats 23–23, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 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
- 68
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Dec 10, 1981
By party
- Republicans44 yes · 8 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats23 yes · 23 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- 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
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- 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
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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