Senate roll call 782 · 97th Congress · Aug 3, 1982
To amend S. J. RES. 58 with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. The bumpers substitute amendment embodies the provisions of S. J. RES. 58 and provides f
On Aug 3, 1982, the Senate voted 32–65 (SJRES 58). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–45, Democrats 26–19, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 32
- No
- 65
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Aug 3, 1982
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 45 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 19 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd 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
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- 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
- 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
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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