Senate roll call 220 · 98th Congress · Jul 27, 1983
To proceed to the consideration of S. RES. 165, a motion waiving section 402(a) of the congressional budget act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of h.r
On Jul 27, 1983, the Senate voted 66–26 (HR 2733). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 43–4, Democrats 23–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 26 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
- 66
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Jul 27, 1983
By party
- Republicans43 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats23 yes · 22 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- David Hampton Pryor 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. 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
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. 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
- 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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Porter East R-NC
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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