Senate roll call 644 · 99th Congress · Sep 16, 1986
To adopt an appropriations committee amendment to HR 5175, district of columbia appropriations bill. The amendment would replace language in the bill that proh
On Sep 16, 1986, the Senate voted 48–42 (HR 5175). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–33, Democrats 32–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 42
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Sep 16, 1986
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 33 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 9 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum 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
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Warren Bruce Rudman 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
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- 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
- 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
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey 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
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Porter East R-NC
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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