Senate roll call 278 · 98th Congress · Oct 7, 1983
To table the pressler amendment to S. 1529 to require that the dairy promotion assessment be levied on imported milk and milk products. (motion passed) see not
On Oct 7, 1983, the Senate voted 47–25 (S 1529). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–12, Democrats 19–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 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
- 47
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Oct 7, 1983
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 13 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Other votes
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