To table the hawkins, FL) amendment to the motion to recommit S CON RES 32, to restore funding for the school lunch program for each of fiscal years 1986-1988 t

On May 9, 1985, the Senate voted 36–60. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 35–15, Democrats 1–45. 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: 36
No: 60
Did not vote: 5
Date: May 9, 1985

By party

Republicans35 yes · 15 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 45 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
Paula Hawkins R-FL voted no
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted no
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
William Proxmire D-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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