Senate roll call 605 · 99th Congress · Aug 13, 1986
To adopt the kerry amendment to HR 5052, the military construction appropriations bill, which would terminate aid for the nicaraguan "contras" if the countries
On Aug 13, 1986, the Senate voted 46–54 (HR 5052). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–47, Democrats 40–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 46
- No
- 54
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Aug 13, 1986
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 47 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats40 yes · 7 no
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Mark Andrews R-ND voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- 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
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- 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
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
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
- 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
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-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
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- 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
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- John Porter East R-NC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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