Skip to page content
Power & PoliticsUnited States edition
Sections
Only your five-digit ZIP code is sent. We never ask for your address.
Independent · nonpartisan
Illustrative empty legislative chamber as neutral vote indicators resolve a recorded outcome
Senate recorded vote (98th Congress) · September 23, 1983
S. 869

Recorded vote

TO TABLE THE HELMS AMENDMENT TO S. 869, A BILL AMENDING THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK ACT OF 1945. THE HELMS AMENDMENT RESTRICTS INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDING TO ANY COUNTRY (CONTINUED) WHICH PRACTICES COMMUNIST DIC…

Bill actionTrade
01
The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

02
The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

03
The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record
The tally

How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)

The measure itself

What was on the floor

Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. Bill metadata: Congress.gov.

The map

How each state's senators voted

In 25 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 13 every one voted no; 9 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.

  • All yes
  • All no
  • Split
  • No yes or no vote
  1. Alaska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  2. Maine: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  3. Vermont: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  4. New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
  5. Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
  6. Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
  7. Montana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  8. North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
  9. Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  10. Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
  11. Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
  12. Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
  13. New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  14. Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
  15. Massachusetts: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  16. Oregon: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  17. Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
  18. Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  19. South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
  20. Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
  21. Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
  22. Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  23. Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
  24. New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
  25. Connecticut: 2 yes, 0 no
  26. California: 1 yes, 1 no
  27. Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
  28. Colorado: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  29. Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
  30. Missouri: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  31. Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
  32. West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  33. Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
  34. Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
  35. Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
  36. Arizona: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  37. New Mexico: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  38. Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
  39. Arkansas: 1 yes, 1 no
  40. Tennessee: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  41. North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
  42. South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  43. District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
  44. Oklahoma: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  45. Louisiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  46. Mississippi: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
  47. Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
  48. Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
  49. Hawaii: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  50. Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
  51. Florida: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Alaska 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Arkansas 1 yes, 1 no

Arizona 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

California 1 yes, 1 no

Colorado 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Hawaii 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Massachusetts 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Maine 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Missouri 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Mississippi 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no

Montana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no

North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no

New Mexico 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Oklahoma 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Oregon 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no

South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no

Tennessee 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Texas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Vermont 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Official records

Every vote, by name — 101 members

Select any member to pull their file.