Senate roll call 76 · 99th Congress · May 14, 1985
To amend S. 960, a bill to authorize foreign assistance for fiscal 1986, to delete assistance to central america.
On May 14, 1985, the Senate voted 41–52 (S 960). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–35, Democrats 27–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 41
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- May 14, 1985
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 35 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 17 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted yes
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted yes
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted yes
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
- James Abdnor R-SD voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
The bill
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
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-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
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- 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
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- 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
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- J. James Exon D-NE
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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