Senate roll call 354 · 98th Congress · Nov 15, 1983
To amend the mcclure amendment to S. 1715 with a perfecting amendment. The mcclure amendment provides local distribution company automatic purchased gas cost sa
On Nov 15, 1983, the Senate voted 28–67 (S 1715). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–28, Democrats 2–39. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 28 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
- 28
- No
- 67
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Nov 15, 1983
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 28 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 39 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL voted yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted yes
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- John Porter East R-NC voted yes
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted yes
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted yes
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV voted yes
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted yes
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted yes
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted yes
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA voted yes
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted yes
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- 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
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- 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
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz 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
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- 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
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-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
Did not vote
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
Other votes
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