Senate roll call 878 · 97th Congress · Sep 30, 1982
To amend S. 2572, a bill extending authorizations for the contract services for drug dependent federal offenders act of 1978 and strengthening law enforcement i
On Sep 30, 1982, the Senate voted 63–33 (S 2572). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–33, Democrats 42–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 63
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Sep 30, 1982
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 33 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats42 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted yes
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM voted yes
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted yes
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum 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
- 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
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- 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
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-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
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- 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
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Nicholas Frederick Brady R-NJ
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- 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
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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