Senate roll call 313 · 99th Congress · Nov 14, 1985
To table the metzenbaum, oh) amendment to S 1730 to remov provisions from the bill that increase reimbursements from the medicaid program to nursing homes that
On Nov 14, 1985, the Senate voted 71–27 (S 1730). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 51–1, Democrats 20–26. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 71
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Nov 14, 1985
By party
- Republicans51 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 26 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted yes
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted yes
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- 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
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- 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
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- 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
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. 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
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
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