Senate roll call 69 · 99th Congress · May 9, 1985
To table the di on, il) amendment to the motion to (continued) recommit S CON RES 32, to restore funds for the summer youth employment program at the fiscal 198
On May 9, 1985, the Senate voted 62–35. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 47–4, Democrats 15–31. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 62
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- May 9, 1985
By party
- Republicans47 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 31 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd 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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- 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
- 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
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- 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
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- 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
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler 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
- 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
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
Did not vote
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- J. James Exon D-NE
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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