Senate roll call 420 · 99th Congress · Mar 14, 1986
To table the wilson, ca) amendment to the simpson, wy)-domenici amendment to the house amendment to HR 3128 omnibus budget reconciliation. The wilson amendment
On Mar 14, 1986, the Senate voted 53–35 (HR 3128). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 36–13, Democrats 17–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 53
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Mar 14, 1986
By party
- Republicans36 yes · 13 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 23 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted yes
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted no
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted no
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- 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
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- 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
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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