Senate roll call 956 · 97th Congress · Dec 18, 1982
To agree to the conference report on H. J. RES 631. (motion passed) see note(s) 43
On Dec 18, 1982, the Senate voted 55–41 (HJRES 631). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 37–15, Democrats 18–26, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 55
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Dec 18, 1982
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 15 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 26 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted yes
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- John Porter East R-NC voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- 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
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Nicholas Frederick Brady R-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- John William Warner R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy 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
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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