Senate roll call 528 · 99th Congress · Jun 24, 1986
To adopt the mattingly amendment to HR 3838, tax reform act, expressing the sense of the Congress that tax reform legislation remain unchanged for a period of a
On Jun 24, 1986, the Senate voted 50–47 (HR 3838). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 38–14, Democrats 12–33. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 50
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Jun 24, 1986
By party
- Republicans38 yes · 14 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 33 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
The bill
H.R. 3838: A bill to reform the internal revenue laws of the United States.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle 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
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- 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
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- 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
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- 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
- 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 Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- John William Warner R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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