Senate roll call 106 · 97th Congress · May 12, 1981
To amend S. CON. RES. 19 to increase fiscal 1982 budget authority and and outlays for agriculture programs by $200 million, to be offset by equivalent decreases
On May 12, 1981, the Senate voted 39–59 (SCONRES 19). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–40, Democrats 27–18, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 members voted against their own party.
During the 97th Congress (1981–1982), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 39
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- May 12, 1981
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 40 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 18 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted yes
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted yes
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Abdnor R-SD voted yes
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted yes
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- 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
- J. James Exon D-NE
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-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
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Carl Levin D-MI
- 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
- John Porter East R-NC
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-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
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- 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
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- 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
Other votes
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