Senate roll call 355 · 98th Congress · Nov 16, 1983
To table the dole amendment to H. J. RES. 290, a measure (continued) permitting free entry into the United States of the personal effects, equipment, and other
On Nov 16, 1983, the Senate voted 59–38. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–29, Democrats 36–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 59
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Nov 16, 1983
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 29 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats36 yes · 9 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted yes
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted yes
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- James Abdnor R-SD voted yes
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted yes
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted yes
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- 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
- 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
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- 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
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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