Senate roll call 773 · 97th Congress · Aug 3, 1982
To amend S. J. RES. 58 to eliminate provisions allowing deficit spencding only by 3/5 vote of Congress. (motion failed) see note(s) 36
On Aug 3, 1982, the Senate voted 18–76 (SJRES 58). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–50, Democrats 17–25, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 18
- No
- 76
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Aug 3, 1982
By party
- Republicans1 yes · 50 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 25 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted yes
- Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-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
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- 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
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- 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
- Nicholas Frederick Brady R-NJ
- 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
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- 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
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- 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
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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