Senate roll call 294 · 99th Congress · Nov 12, 1985
To table the stafford, VT) amendment to S 1730, to remove a provision that requires federal assistance for energy bill to be counted as income for people receiv
On Nov 12, 1985, the Senate voted 37–59 (S 1730). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 31–21, Democrats 6–39. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 members voted against their own party.
During the 99th Congress (1985–1986), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 37
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Nov 12, 1985
By party
- Republicans31 yes · 21 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 39 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- 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
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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