Senate roll call 412 · 99th Congress · Mar 12, 1986
To table the heflin, al) amendment to the thurmond substitute to S J RES 225, balanced budget constitutional amendment. Heflin's amendment would ensure that, in
On Mar 12, 1986, the Senate voted 52–48. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 40–13, Democrats 12–35. 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
- 52
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Mar 12, 1986
By party
- Republicans40 yes · 13 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 35 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted no
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted yes
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted yes
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- 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
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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