Senate roll call 381 · 98th Congress · Feb 6, 1984
To table the baucus amendment to S. 1763, a bill amending the federal judicial code to revise the rules governing habeas corpus claims brought by state prisoner
On Feb 6, 1984, the Senate voted 59–17 (S 1763). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 41–6, Democrats 19–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 17
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 6, 1984
By party
- Republicans41 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 11 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley 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
- 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
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- 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
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- 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
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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