Senate roll call 828 · 97th Congress · Aug 17, 1982
To agree to the conference report on S. 2248, department of defense authorizations for fiscal 1983. (motion passed) see note(s) 30
On Aug 17, 1982, the Senate voted 77–21 (S 2248). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 47–6, Democrats 29–15, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 77
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Aug 17, 1982
By party
- Republicans47 yes · 6 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 15 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS 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
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- 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
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-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
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-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
- 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
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- 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
- 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
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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