Senate roll call 90 · 98th Congress · May 17, 1983
To amend S. 529 to eliminate provisions relating to the legalization of the status of certain aliens under the (continued) immigration and nationality act. (mot
On May 17, 1983, the Senate voted 21–76 (S 529). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–41, Democrats 8–35. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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
- 21
- No
- 76
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- May 17, 1983
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 41 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 35 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted yes
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- John Porter East R-NC voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted yes
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted yes
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted yes
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- 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
- Carl Levin D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- 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
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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