Senate roll call 554 · 97th Congress · Mar 23, 1982
To table the schmitt amendment to S. 1080, a bill improving and modifying the federal regulatory process. The schmitt amendment establishes procedures for cong
On Mar 23, 1982, the Senate voted 23–70 (S 1080). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–43, Democrats 18–26, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 27 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
- 23
- No
- 70
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Mar 23, 1982
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 43 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 26 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph 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
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- 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
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- 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
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- 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
- 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 Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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