Senate roll call 736 · 99th Congress · Oct 17, 1986
To adopt a cloture motion to S 1200, the immigration reform and control act-conference report. (three-fifths of those senators duly chosen and sworn voted in t
On Oct 17, 1986, the Senate voted 69–21 (S 1200). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–18, Democrats 40–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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
- 69
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Oct 17, 1986
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 18 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats40 yes · 5 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- 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
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz 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
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- 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
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Did not vote
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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