Senate roll call 245 · 99th Congress · Oct 23, 1985
To amend H R 3244, by providing $16 million for improving roads on which nuclear waste from the waste isolation pilot project in new mexico will be transported.
On Oct 23, 1985, the Senate voted 56–40 (HR 3244). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 32–19, Democrats 24–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 40 members voted against their own party.
During the 99th Congress (1985–1986), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 56
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Oct 23, 1985
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 19 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 21 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted no
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted no
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA voted no
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- 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
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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