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Senate recorded vote (99th Congress) · October 17, 1986

Recorded vote

TO TABLE THE D'AMATO, NY) MOTION TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF THE GOLDWATER, AZ) AMENDMENT TO TO HJ RES 738, THE CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS BILL, UNTIL DECEMBER 29TH. THE AMENDMENT WOULD BAR ANY FUNDS FOR THE T…

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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.

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The people

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

The official record
  • This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
The tally

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

The map

How each state's senators voted

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

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

Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no

California 2 yes, 0 no

Iowa 2 yes, 0 no

Illinois 2 yes, 0 no

Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no

Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no

Montana 2 yes, 0 no

North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no

New Mexico 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

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

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

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

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

Official records

Every vote, by name — 101 members

Select any member to pull their file.