Senate roll call 395 · 98th Congress · Feb 29, 1984
To table the johnston amendment to S. 979. The johnston amendment provides a time period for congressional review of mergers involving substantial energy reser
On Feb 29, 1984, the Senate voted 52–42 (S 979). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 43–11, Democrats 9–31. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 52
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Feb 29, 1984
By party
- Republicans43 yes · 11 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 31 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted no
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted yes
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- 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
- Charles Harting Percy R-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
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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