Senate roll call 351 · 98th Congress · Nov 14, 1983
To agree to S. RES. 269, a measure authorizing a day care center for children of Senate employees. (motion passed)
On Nov 14, 1983, the Senate voted 50–31 (SRES 269). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–18, Democrats 22–13. 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
- 50
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Nov 14, 1983
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 18 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL 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
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted no
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- John Porter East R-NC voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN 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
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- 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
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- 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 Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Abdnor R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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