To table the helms, NC) perfecting amendment to the dole KS) motion to recommit S 1714, to allow the states (continued) to use the federal funds that currently

On Nov 21, 1985, the Senate voted 68–30 (S 1714). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–28, Democrats 45–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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: 68
No: 30
Did not vote: 3
Date: Nov 21, 1985

By party

Republicans23 yes · 28 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats45 yes · 2 no

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
Paula Hawkins R-FL voted yes
Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted yes
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
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
William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
James Abdnor R-SD voted yes
Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA voted yes
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted yes
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes
William Proxmire D-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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