To close further debate on S. 951, the authorization of funds for fiscal 1982 for the department of justice. (motion failed; 3/5 required)

On Jul 10, 1981, the Senate voted 38–48 (S 951). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 34–14, Democrats 7–36. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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: 38
No: 48
Did not vote: 10
Date: Jul 10, 1981

By party

Republicans34 yes · 14 no · 6 didn’t vote
Democrats7 yes · 36 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted yes
Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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