Senate roll call 86 · 97th Congress · Apr 29, 1981
To amend S.786, development bank authorizations, to provide full funding for the international development association. (motion passed)
On Apr 29, 1981, the Senate voted 58–33 (S 786). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 36–15, Democrats 22–17, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 32 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
- 58
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Apr 29, 1981
By party
- Republicans36 yes · 15 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 17 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- John Porter East R-NC voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- 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
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole 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
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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