Senate roll call 526 · 99th Congress · Jun 20, 1986
To adopt the baucus amendment, a substitute to the bumpers ar)-mattingly, ga) amendment, to HR 3838, tax reform act. The amendment would revise section 559, TH
On Jun 20, 1986, the Senate voted 40–43 (HR 3838). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–21, Democrats 20–22. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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
- 17
- Date
- Jun 20, 1986
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 21 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 22 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted yes
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- John Porter East R-NC voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted yes
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
The bill
H.R. 3838: A bill to reform the internal revenue laws of the United States.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- 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
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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