Senate roll call 272 · 98th Congress · Oct 4, 1983
To pass H.R. 3913. (motion passed) see note(s) 17
On Oct 4, 1983, the Senate voted 70–23 (HR 3913). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–18, Democrats 35–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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
- 70
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Oct 4, 1983
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 18 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats35 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- John Porter East R-NC voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- 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
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure 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
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-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 Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-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
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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