Senate roll call 355 · 99th Congress · Dec 6, 1985
To amend HJ RES 465, a continuing appropriations resolution, to remove funds for the energy security reserve, and return the funds to the treasury.
On Dec 6, 1985, the Senate voted 40–43. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–22, Democrats 16–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 38 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
- 40
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Dec 6, 1985
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 22 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 21 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted yes
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- 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
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- 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
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- 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
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- 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
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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