Senate roll call 560 · 97th Congress · Mar 24, 1982
To pass S. 1503 over the President's veto. This bill authorizes the President to allocate supplies of crude oil and petroleum products during a severe petroleu
On Mar 24, 1982, the Senate voted 58–36 (S 1503). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–32, Democrats 39–4, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 58
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Mar 24, 1982
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 32 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats39 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted yes
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted yes
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- James Abdnor R-SD voted yes
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted yes
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- 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
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga 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
- 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
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-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
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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- 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
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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