To table the inouye, hi)-matsunaga, hi) amendment to S 2405, the federal-aid highway act, which would exempt the h-3 interstate highway in hawaii from a 1984 in

On Sep 23, 1986, the Senate voted 16–78 (S 2405). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–38, Democrats 5–40. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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: 16
No: 78
Did not vote: 7
Date: Sep 23, 1986

By party

Republicans11 yes · 38 no · 5 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 40 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted yes
George John Mitchell D-ME voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted yes
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted yes
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
James Abdnor R-SD voted yes
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT 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
William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY 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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