Senate roll call 548 · 99th Congress · Jul 30, 1986
To adopt the rudman amendment to the finance committee amendment to HJ RES 668, the public debt limit increase bill, which would modify procedures under the bal
On Jul 30, 1986, the Senate voted 63–36. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 42–10, Democrats 21–26. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 63
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Jul 30, 1986
By party
- Republicans42 yes · 10 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats21 yes · 26 no
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted yes
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted yes
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon 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
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- 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
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- 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
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- John Porter East R-NC
Other votes
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