Senate roll call 333 · 98th Congress · Nov 8, 1983
To table the tower amendment to H.R. 4185 to add $491.2 million for certain programs in the bill. (motion passed) see note(s) 22
On Nov 8, 1983, the Senate voted 62–31 (HR 4185). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–24, Democrats 34–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 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
- 62
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Nov 8, 1983
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 24 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO 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
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- 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 Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus 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
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum 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
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- 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
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- 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
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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