Senate roll call 639 · 99th Congress · Sep 9, 1986
To table the proxmire, wi)-humphrey, NH) amendment to H R 5234, the department of interior appropriations bill, which would cut $90 million in funds for the for
On Sep 9, 1986, the Senate voted 43–51 (HR 5234). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 32–16, Democrats 11–35. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 43
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Sep 9, 1986
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 16 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 35 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Paula Hawkins R-FL voted no
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME 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
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- 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
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- 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
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- 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
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- 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
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- John Porter East R-NC
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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