Senate roll call 907 · 97th Congress · Dec 14, 1982
To table division 2 of the kassebaum amendment to H.R. 6211. Division 2 freezes price of natural gas at october, 1 levels for a 2-year period. See note(s) 42
On Dec 14, 1982, the Senate voted 62–33 (HR 6211). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 37–14, Democrats 24–19, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 33 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
- 62
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Dec 14, 1982
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 14 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 19 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA voted no
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV 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
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- 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
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- 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
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Nicholas Frederick Brady R-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- 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
- 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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