To amend H.R. 5743 with a perfecting amendment to the armstrong amendment. H.R. 5743 appropriates funds for fiscal year 1985 for the department of agriculture,

On Aug 9, 1984, the Senate voted 62–34 (HR 5743). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–32, Democrats 40–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 62
No: 34
Did not vote: 5
Date: Aug 9, 1984

By party

Republicans22 yes · 32 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats40 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
Roger William Jepsen R-IA voted yes
Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted yes
John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
John Porter East R-NC voted yes
Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted yes
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted yes
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
James Abdnor R-SD voted yes
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted yes
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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