Senate roll call 95 · 98th Congress · May 17, 1983
To amend S. 529 to prohibit employers of more than three employees from discriminating on the basis of national origin or alien status. (motion failed) see not
On May 17, 1983, the Senate voted 29–59 (S 529). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–39, Democrats 21–20. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 29
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- May 17, 1983
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 39 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats21 yes · 20 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted yes
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Melcher D-MT
- J. James Exon D-NE
- 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
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
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
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- 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
- 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
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- 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
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-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
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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