Senate roll call 501 · 99th Congress · Jun 6, 1986
To table the exon, ne) amendment to HR 4515, urgent supplemental appropriations fiscal 1986. The amendment would prohibit the federal energy regulating commissi
On Jun 6, 1986, the Senate voted 48–47 (HR 4515). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 36–14, Democrats 12–34. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 48
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jun 6, 1986
By party
- Republicans36 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 34 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- James Abdnor R-SD voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
The bill
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
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Porter East R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- 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
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- 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
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- 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
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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