Senate roll call 232 · 97th Congress · Jul 28, 1981
To amend H. J. RES. 266 by providing that in the case of an individual there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax imposed for the taxable year an amount
On Jul 28, 1981, the Senate voted 15–84 (HJRES 266). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–53, Democrats 15–30, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 15
- No
- 84
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Jul 28, 1981
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 53 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 30 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted yes
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- John Melcher D-MT
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- 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
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-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
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- 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
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- 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
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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