Senate roll call 560 · 98th Congress · Jun 29, 1984
To table the melcher perfecting amendment to H. CON. RES. 328. H. Con. Res. Corrects technical errors in the enrollment of H.R. 4170. H.R. 4170 is the omnibus
On Jun 29, 1984, the Senate voted 30–23 (HR 4170). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–5, Democrats 8–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 30
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 48
- Date
- Jun 29, 1984
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 5 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted yes
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
H.R. 4170: A bill to provide for tax reform, and for other purposes.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Porter East R-NC
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
Did not vote
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- 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
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- 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
- Donald Lee Nickles R-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
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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