Senate roll call 350 · 97th Congress · Nov 3, 1981
To amend H.R.4209, a bill appropriating funds for fiscal 1982 for the department of transportation, to strike the language which states that the corporation (am
On Nov 3, 1981, the Senate voted 34–53 (HR 4209). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 32–16, Democrats 1–38, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 34
- No
- 53
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Nov 3, 1981
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 16 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 38 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted no
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- John Porter East R-NC voted no
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- 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
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- 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
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Nicholas Frederick Brady R-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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