Senate roll call 275 · 98th Congress · Oct 6, 1983
To table the metzenbaum amendment to S. 1529 to repeal provisions of law concerning tobacco acreage allotments and marketing quotas, to exclude tobacco from con
On Oct 6, 1983, the Senate voted 57–33 (S 1529). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–21, Democrats 27–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 57
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Oct 6, 1983
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 21 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 12 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted no
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens 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
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- 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
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- 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
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- 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
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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