Senate roll call 137 · 97th Congress · Jun 3, 1981
To amend S. 1197, which authorizes funds for fiscal year 1982 for federal housing, community and economic development, and related programs, by retaining existi
On Jun 3, 1981, the Senate voted 37–53 (S 1197). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–49, Democrats 36–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 37
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Jun 3, 1981
By party
- Republicans1 yes · 49 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats36 yes · 6 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
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
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- 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
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- William Sebastian Cohen R-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
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- 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
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- 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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