Senate roll call 341 · 98th Congress · Nov 10, 1983
To withdraw the denton motion to reconsider the vote by (continued) which the hatfield amendment to H. J. RES. 413 was rejected. (see roll call 349) (motion pa
On Nov 10, 1983, the Senate voted 45–41. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–18, Democrats 17–23. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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
- 45
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Nov 10, 1983
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 18 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 23 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- 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
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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