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Vote Data for S951 (97th Congress)


Date: July 10, 1981

Subject: Busing Filibuster

Description: Baker (R-TN) motion to invoke cloture (and thus limit debate) on the bill to authorize programs for the Justice Department in fiscal 1982. This was an effort to choke off the Weicker filibuster, which was launched after Senator Helms offered an anti-busing provision.

Result: Cloture Motion Rejected, 38-48

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Voted in Favor:

James Abdnor (R-SD)  
William Armstrong (R-CO)  
Howard Baker, Jr. (R-TN)  
Dale Bumpers (D-AR)  
Thad Cochran (R-MS)  
Al D'Amato (R-NY)  
John Danforth (R-MO)  
Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ)  
Jeremiah Denton (R-AL)  
Robert Dole (R-KS)  
Pete Domenici (R-NM)  
John East (R-NC)  
Jake Garn (R-UT)  
Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)  
Slade Gorton (R-WA)  
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)  
Paula Hawkins (R-FL)  
Jesse Helms (R-NC)  
Ernest Hollings (D-SC)  
Gordon Humphrey (R-NH)  
Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS)  
Bob Kasten (R-WI)  
Paul Laxalt (R-NV)  
Richard Lugar (R-IN)  
Mack Mattingly (R-GA)  
James McClure (R-ID)  
Don Nickles (R-OK)  
Bob Packwood (R-OR)  
Dan Quayle (R-IN)  
Warren Rudman (R-NH)  
Jack Schmitt (R-NM)  
Ted Stevens (R-AK)  
Steven Symms (R-ID)  
Strom Thurmond (R-SC)  
John Tower (R-TX)  
Malcolm Wallop (R-WY)  
John Warner (R-VA)  
Edward Zorinsky (D-NE)  

Voted Against:

Mark Andrews (R-ND)  
Max Baucus (D-MT)  
Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)  
Joe Biden (D-DE)  
David Boren (D-OK)  
Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN)  
Bill Bradley (D-NJ)  
Quentin Burdick (D-ND)  
Robert Byrd (D-WV)  
Howard Cannon (D-NV)  
John Chafee (R-RI)  
Lawton Chiles (D-FL)  
William Cohen (R-ME)  
Alan Cranston (D-CA)  
Alan Dixon (D-IL)  
Dave Durenberger (R-MN)  
Thomas Eagleton (D-MO)  
James Exon (D-NE)  
Wendell Ford (D-KY)  
John Glenn (D-OH)  
Charles Grassley (R-IA)  
Gary Hart (D-CO)  
Mark Hatfield (R-OR)  
Howell Heflin (D-AL)  
Walter Huddleston (D-KY)  
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)  
Henry Jackson (D-WA)  
Bennett Johnston (D-LA)  
Carl Levin (D-MI)  
Russell Long (D-LA)  
Charles Mathias (R-MD)  
Spark Matsunaga (D-HI)  
Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)  
George Mitchell (D-ME)  
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)  
Sam Nunn (D-GA)  
Larry Pressler (R-SD)  
William Proxmire (D-WI)  
Jennings Randolph (D-WV)  
Donald Riegle (D-MI)  
William Roth (R-DE)  
Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)  
Alan Simpson (R-WY)  
Arlen Specter (R-PA)  
Robert Stafford (R-VT)  
John Stennis (D-MS)  
Lowell Weicker (R-CT)  
Harrison Williams (D-NJ)  

Did Not Vote:

Harry Byrd, Jr. (I-VA)  
Christopher Dodd (D-CT)  
Sam Hayakawa (R-CA)  
John Heinz (R-PA)  
Roger Jepsen (R-IA)  
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)  
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)  
John Melcher (D-MT)  
Frank Murkowski (R-AK)  
Claiborne Pell (D-RI)  
Charles Percy (R-IL)  
David Pryor (D-AR)  
Jim Sasser (D-TN)  
Paul Tsongas (D-MA)  

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