Senate roll call 303 · 99th Congress · Nov 13, 1985
To table the matsunaga, hi) amendment to HR 1562, to apply the import quotas in the bill to canada and the (continued) european economic community.
On Nov 13, 1985, the Senate voted 67–32 (HR 1562). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–25, Democrats 39–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 32 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
- 67
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Nov 13, 1985
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 25 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats39 yes · 7 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- 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
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- 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 Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Abdnor R-SD
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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