Senate roll call 127 · 98th Congress · Jun 9, 1983
To amend H.R. 3069, a bill appropriating $15.65 billion in supplemental funds for the fiscal year ending september 30, 1983 for the federal government. The jack
On Jun 9, 1983, the Senate voted 20–67 (HR 3069). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–47, Democrats 15–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 members voted against their own party.
During the 98th Congress (1983–1984), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 67
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jun 9, 1983
By party
- Republicans5 yes · 47 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 20 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- John Melcher D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- 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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- 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
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- 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 Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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