Senate roll call 173 · 97th Congress · Jun 25, 1981
To amend S.1377 by providing that during fiscal 1982 the total amount which may be obligated for consultant services of the executive branch of the government s
On Jun 25, 1981, the Senate voted 44–52 (S 1377). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–45, Democrats 36–7, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 44
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 25, 1981
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 45 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats36 yes · 7 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted yes
- 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
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
- 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
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- 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 Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- 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
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- 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
- 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
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- 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
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- 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
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- 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
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Nicholas Frederick Brady R-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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