Senate roll call 354 · 99th Congress · Dec 6, 1985
To concur in the house amendments to the Senate amendment to HR 2965, to delete all funds for the national endowment for democracy.
On Dec 6, 1985, the Senate voted 32–57 (HR 2965). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–33, Democrats 17–24. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 32
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Dec 6, 1985
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 33 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 24 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted yes
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- John William Warner R-VA
- 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
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. 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
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- 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
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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