Senate roll call 925 · 97th Congress · Dec 16, 1982
To table the mcclure amendment to H. J. RES. 631 temporarily limiting the expenditure of funds by the federal trade commission against state-regulated professio
On Dec 16, 1982, the Senate voted 59–37 (HJRES 631). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 31–22, Democrats 27–16, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 38 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
- 59
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Dec 16, 1982
By party
- Republicans31 yes · 22 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 16 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- John Porter East R-NC voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-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
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Nicholas Frederick Brady R-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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