The question
The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Senate recorded vote (98th Congress) · November 10, 1983
H.R. 4139
Recorded vote
TO AMEND H. J. RES. 413 TO STRIKE THE FUNDING LANGUAGE AS PROVIDED FOR IN H.R. 4139 (THE TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1984), AS PASSED THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ON OCT…
AmendmentBudget & spending
The tally
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The people
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The official record
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The tally
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The measure itself
What was on the floor
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Same measure, other votes
Every roll call on H.R. 4139
The map
How each state's senators voted
In 19 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 18 every one voted no; 13 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
- Alaska: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maine: 1 yes, 1 no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 0 yes, 2 no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Mexico: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 0 yes, 2 no
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Hawaii: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
- Florida: 1 yes, 1 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
- Frank Hughes Murkowski (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Theodore Fulton Stevens (Republican) — YEA
Alabama 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Dale Bumpers (Democrat) — YEA
- David Hampton Pryor (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arizona 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Barry Morris Goldwater (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Dennis Webster Deconcini (Democrat) — NAY
California 1 yes, 1 no
- Alan Cranston (Democrat) — YEA
- Pete Wilson (Republican) — NAY
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Christopher John Dodd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (Republican) — YEA
Delaware 1 yes, 1 no
Florida 1 yes, 1 no
Georgia 1 yes, 1 no
Hawaii 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel K. Inouye (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Idaho 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Albertus McClure (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Steven Douglas Symms (Republican) — NAY
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 1 yes, 1 no
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
Montana 1 yes, 1 no
- John Melcher (Democrat) — NAY
- Max Baucus (Democrat) — YEA
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jeff Bingaman (Democrat) — YEA
- Pete Vichi Domenici (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Chic Hecht (Republican) — NAY
- Paul Dominique Laxalt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum (Democrat) — YEA
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Oklahoma 0 yes, 2 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ernest Frederick Hollings (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Strom Thurmond (Republican) — NAY
South Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 2 yes, 0 no
Utah 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alan Kooi Simpson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Malcolm Wallop (Republican) — YEA
Official records
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