Senate roll call 27 · 98th Congress · Mar 16, 1983
To close debate on the kasten amendment to H.R. 1718. The kasten amendment repeals the withholding of tax from interest and dividends and requires statements t
On Mar 16, 1983, the Senate voted 59–39 (HR 1718). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–29, Democrats 35–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 59
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Mar 16, 1983
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 29 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats35 yes · 10 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted yes
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL voted yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted yes
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted yes
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted yes
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA voted yes
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- John Porter East R-NC voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted yes
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- 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
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum 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
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- 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
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- 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
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- John William Warner R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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