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Senate roll call 18 · 98th Congress · Mar 11, 1983

To amend the ford amendment to H.R. 1718 with a perfecting amendment. The ford amendment amends the unemployment insurance act to provide supplemental unemploym

On Mar 11, 1983, the Senate voted 30–60 (HR 1718). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 30–20, Democrats 0–40. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 members voted against their own party.

During the 98th Congress (1983–1984), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Yes
30
No
60
Did not vote
11
Date
Mar 11, 1983

By party

  • Republicans30 yes · 20 no · 5 didn’t vote
  • Democrats0 yes · 40 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

The bill

H.R. 1718: A bill making appropriations to provide emergency expenditures to meet neglected urgent needs, to protect and add to the national wealth, resulting in not make-work but productive jobs for women and men and to help provide for the indigent and homeless for the fiscal year 1983, and for other purposes.

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the ford amendment to H.R. 1718…: Senate Vote, Mar 11, 1983,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/98-S-18/to-amend-the-ford-amendment-to-h-r-1718 (accessed 2026-10-17).