Senate roll call 413 · 98th Congress · Mar 29, 1984
To amend the inouye amendment H. J. RES. 492 with a perfecting amendment. The inouye amendment reduces funds for assistance to el salvador to $61.750 million.
On Mar 29, 1984, the Senate voted 23–72. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–49, Democrats 19–23. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 23 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
- 23
- No
- 72
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Mar 29, 1984
By party
- Republicans4 yes · 49 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 23 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted yes
- Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted yes
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted yes
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- 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
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Melcher D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph 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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor 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
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye 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
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- 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
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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