Senate roll call 279 · 98th Congress · Oct 7, 1983
To table the d'amato amendment to S. 1529 to modify the dairy production stabilization program, to establish a minimum price for class i milk subject to milk ma
On Oct 7, 1983, the Senate voted 50–19 (S 1529). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–14, Democrats 25–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- 50
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Oct 7, 1983
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 14 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats25 yes · 5 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- 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
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- 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
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John William Warner R-VA
Did not vote
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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