Senate roll call 274 · 98th Congress · Oct 6, 1983
To table the hawkins amendment to S. 1529 to establish the dairy price support level at $12.10 per hundredweight of milk and to delete the authority of the secr
On Oct 6, 1983, the Senate voted 47–42 (S 1529). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–30, Democrats 26–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 47
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Oct 6, 1983
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 30 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 12 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- John Porter East R-NC voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- James Abdnor R-SD voted yes
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted yes
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- 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
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher 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
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- 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
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- 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
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
Other votes
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