RightDataUSA


Vote Data for S1730 (99th Congress)


Date: November 12, 1985

Subject: Food Stamp Eligibility

Description: Stafford (R-VT) amendment to strike a provision in the bill requiring that, in determining eligibility for food stamps, any federal assistance for paying energy bills should be counted as income. This would effectively raise the income ceiling for food stamp eligibility.

Result: Amendment Agreed to, 60-37

Names ordered: By yea/nay       Order alphabetically       Order by party       Order by state

Click on a Senator's name to see more information for that Senator.

Voted in Favor:

James Abdnor (R-SD)  
Mark Andrews (R-ND)  
Max Baucus (D-MT)  
Joe Biden (D-DE)  
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)  
Bill Bradley (D-NJ)  
Dale Bumpers (D-AR)  
Quentin Burdick (D-ND)  
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)  
Dave Durenberger (R-MN)  
Thomas Eagleton (D-MO)  
James Exon (D-NE)  
Wendell Ford (D-KY)  
John Glenn (D-OH)  
Albert Gore, Jr. (D-TN)  
Charles Grassley (R-IA)  
Tom Harkin (D-IA)  
Gary Hart (D-CO)  
Mark Hatfield (R-OR)  
Howell Heflin (D-AL)  
John Heinz (R-PA)  
Ernest Hollings (D-SC)  
Gordon Humphrey (R-NH)  
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)  
Bob Kasten (R-WI)  
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)  
John Kerry (D-MA)  
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)  
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)  
Carl Levin (D-MI)  
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)  
Frank Murkowski (R-AK)  
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)  
Jim Sasser (D-TN)  
Robert Stafford (R-VT)  
John Stennis (D-MS)  
Ted Stevens (R-AK)  
Paul Trible (R-VA)  
John Warner (R-VA)  
Lowell Weicker (R-CT)  

Voted Against:

William Armstrong (R-CO)  
Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)  
Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN)  
Thad Cochran (R-MS)  
Jeremiah Denton (R-AL)  
Robert Dole (R-KS)  
Pete Domenici (R-NM)  
John East (R-NC)  
Daniel Evans (R-WA)  
Jake Garn (R-UT)  
Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)  
Slade Gorton (R-WA)  
Phil Gramm (R-TX)  
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)  
Chic Hecht (R-NV)  
Jesse Helms (R-NC)  
Bennett Johnston (D-LA)  
Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS)  
Paul Laxalt (R-NV)  
Russell Long (D-LA)  
Richard Lugar (R-IN)  
Mack Mattingly (R-GA)  
James McClure (R-ID)  
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)  
Don Nickles (R-OK)  
Sam Nunn (D-GA)  
Bob Packwood (R-OR)  
Larry Pressler (R-SD)  
Dan Quayle (R-IN)  
William Roth (R-DE)  
Alan Simpson (R-WY)  
Arlen Specter (R-PA)  
Steven Symms (R-ID)  
Strom Thurmond (R-SC)  
Malcolm Wallop (R-WY)  
Pete Wilson (R-CA)  
Edward Zorinsky (D-NE)  

Did Not Vote:

David Boren (D-OK)  
Paula Hawkins (R-FL)  
Paul Simon (D-IL)  

Voting data shown on this page comes from Voteview.