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Vote Data for S47 (99th Congress)


Date: September 10, 1985

Subject: Prayer in Public Schools

Description: Weicker (R-CT) motion to table (kill) the bill to bar the federal courts, including the Supreme Court, from considering cases involving prayer in public schools. The effect of the bill would have been to restore the right of states or local communities to permit prayer in public schools without being subject to challenges in the federal courts.

Result: Motion to Table Agreed to, 62-36

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Voted in Favor:

Mark Andrews (R-ND)  
Max Baucus (D-MT)  
Joe Biden (D-DE)  
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)  
David Boren (D-OK)  
Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN)  
Bill Bradley (D-NJ)  
Dale Bumpers (D-AR)  
Robert Byrd (D-WV)  
John Chafee (R-RI)  
Lawton Chiles (D-FL)  
William Cohen (R-ME)  
Alan Cranston (D-CA)  
Al D'Amato (R-NY)  
John Danforth (R-MO)  
Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ)  
Alan Dixon (D-IL)  
Christopher Dodd (D-CT)  
Pete Domenici (R-NM)  
Dave Durenberger (R-MN)  
Thomas Eagleton (D-MO)  
Daniel Evans (R-WA)  
John Glenn (D-OH)  
Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)  
Albert Gore, Jr. (D-TN)  
Slade Gorton (R-WA)  
Tom Harkin (D-IA)  
Gary Hart (D-CO)  
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)  
Mark Hatfield (R-OR)  
John Heinz (R-PA)  
Ernest Hollings (D-SC)  
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)  
Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS)  
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)  
John Kerry (D-MA)  
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)  
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)  
Carl Levin (D-MI)  
Richard Lugar (R-IN)  
Charles Mathias (R-MD)  
Spark Matsunaga (D-HI)  
John Melcher (D-MT)  
Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)  
George Mitchell (D-ME)  
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)  
Sam Nunn (D-GA)  
Bob Packwood (R-OR)  
Claiborne Pell (D-RI)  
William Proxmire (D-WI)  
David Pryor (D-AR)  
Donald Riegle (D-MI)  
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)  
Warren Rudman (R-NH)  
Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)  
Paul Simon (D-IL)  
Arlen Specter (R-PA)  
Robert Stafford (R-VT)  
Ted Stevens (R-AK)  
Lowell Weicker (R-CT)  
Pete Wilson (R-CA)  
Edward Zorinsky (D-NE)  

Voted Against:

James Abdnor (R-SD)  
William Armstrong (R-CO)  
Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)  
Thad Cochran (R-MS)  
Jeremiah Denton (R-AL)  
Robert Dole (R-KS)  
James Exon (D-NE)  
Wendell Ford (D-KY)  
Jake Garn (R-UT)  
Phil Gramm (R-TX)  
Charles Grassley (R-IA)  
Paula Hawkins (R-FL)  
Chic Hecht (R-NV)  
Howell Heflin (D-AL)  
Jesse Helms (R-NC)  
Gordon Humphrey (R-NH)  
Bennett Johnston (D-LA)  
Bob Kasten (R-WI)  
Paul Laxalt (R-NV)  
Russell Long (D-LA)  
Mack Mattingly (R-GA)  
James McClure (R-ID)  
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)  
Frank Murkowski (R-AK)  
Don Nickles (R-OK)  
Larry Pressler (R-SD)  
Dan Quayle (R-IN)  
William Roth (R-DE)  
Jim Sasser (D-TN)  
Alan Simpson (R-WY)  
John Stennis (D-MS)  
Steven Symms (R-ID)  
Strom Thurmond (R-SC)  
Paul Trible (R-VA)  
Malcolm Wallop (R-WY)  
John Warner (R-VA)  

Did Not Vote:

Quentin Burdick (D-ND)  
John East (R-NC)  

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