Senate roll call 631 · 99th Congress · Aug 15, 1986
To table the pressler, SD) amendment to S 2701, the comprehensive anti-apartheid act, which would require that the President report to Congress on the employmen
On Aug 15, 1986, the Senate voted 66–33 (S 2701). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–32, Democrats 46–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 66
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Aug 15, 1986
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 32 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats46 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted yes
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted yes
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted yes
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- 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
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- 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
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- John Porter East R-NC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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