To table the Senate appropriations committee amendment to H.R. 4169, which would strike the language which would provide that no funds appropriated under the ac

On Nov 16, 1981, the Senate voted 70–12 (HR 4169). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 43–2, Democrats 27–11, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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: 70
No: 12
Did not vote: 17
Date: Nov 16, 1981

By party

Republicans43 yes · 2 no · 9 didn’t vote
Democrats27 yes · 11 no · 8 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted no
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
Carl Levin D-MI voted no
Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA 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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