Senate roll call 622 · 99th Congress · Aug 15, 1986
To table the d'amato, NY) amendment to S 2701, the comprehensive anti-apartheid act, which would permit states and political subdivisions of states to enforce s
On Aug 15, 1986, the Senate voted 64–35 (S 2701). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 49–3, Democrats 15–32. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 64
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Aug 15, 1986
By party
- Republicans49 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 32 no
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted yes
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted yes
- 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
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- 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
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Jesse Helms 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
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- 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
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- 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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- 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 Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- John Porter East R-NC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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