Senate roll call 724 · 97th Congress · Jul 16, 1982
To amend H.R. 5539, the house version of S. 1867, by changing the formula for calculating the cost of irrigation water and limiting to 1280 acres the size of a
On Jul 16, 1982, the Senate voted 60–5 (S 1867). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 36–4, Democrats 34–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 5 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
- 60
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jul 16, 1982
By party
- Republicans36 yes · 4 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- 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
- 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
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Nicholas Frederick Brady R-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-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
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- 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
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- 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
Did not vote
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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