To amend S. CON. RES. 19, setting forth recommended levels of total budget outlays, federal revenues, and new budget authority for fiscal 1982-1984, and revisin

On May 7, 1981, the Senate voted 24–72 (SCONRES 19). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–32, Democrats 3–40, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 23 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: 24
No: 72
Did not vote: 5
Date: May 7, 1981

By party

Republicans20 yes · 32 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 40 no · 3 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL voted yes
Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA voted yes
William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted yes
Paula Hawkins R-FL voted yes
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
Roger William Jepsen R-IA voted yes
James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted yes
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
John Porter East R-NC voted yes
Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted yes
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted yes
James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted yes
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted yes
William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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