1. Home
  2. Votes
  3. Senate vote 44 (98th Congress)

Senate roll call 44 · 98th Congress · Mar 22, 1983

To adopt the conference report on H.R. 1718, a bill appropriating funds to provide for emergency expenditures to meet neglected urgent needs, and to provide sup

On Mar 22, 1983, the Senate voted 82–15 (HR 1718). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 37–14, Democrats 45–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
82
No
15
Did not vote
4
Date
Mar 22, 1983

By party

  • Republicans37 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote
  • Democrats45 yes · 1 no

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.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “To adopt the conference report on H.R. 1718…: Senate Vote, Mar 22…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/98-S-44/to-adopt-the-conference-report-on-h-r-1718 (accessed 2026-10-17).