Senate roll call 444 · 99th Congress · Apr 11, 1986
To table the mathias, MD) amendment to S 1017, metropolitan washington airports transfer act. The mathias amendment would put a floor of $108.6 million under t
On Apr 11, 1986, the Senate voted 46–39 (S 1017). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 39–8, Democrats 8–32. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 46
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Apr 11, 1986
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 8 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 32 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted yes
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted no
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- 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
- 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
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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