How Senators Voted to Override President’s Veto of Road Measure
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WASHINGTON — Here is the roll-call vote by which the Senate on Thursday overrode President Reagan’s veto of the highway bill:
Democrats for overriding veto--Adams, Wash.; Baucus, Mont.; Bentsen, Tex.; Biden, Del.; Bingaman, N.M.; Boren, Okla.; Bradley, N.J.; Breaux, La.; Bumpers, Ark.; Burdick, N.D.; Byrd, W. Va.; Chiles, Fla.; Conrad, N.D.; Cranston, Calif.; Daschle, S.D.; DeConcini, Ariz.; Dixon, Ill.; Dodd, Conn.; Exon, Neb.; Ford, Ky.;
Fowler, Ga.; Glenn, Ohio; Gore, Tenn.; Graham, Fla.; Harkin, Iowa; Heflin, Ala.; Hollings, S.C.; Inouye, Hawaii; Johnston, La.; Kennedy, Mass.; Kerry, Mass.; Lautenberg, N.J.; Leahy, Vt.; Levin, Mich.; Matsunaga, Hawaii; Melcher, Mont.; Metzenbaum, Ohio; Mikulski, Md.; Mitchell, Me.; Moynihan, N.Y.;
Nunn, Ga.; Pell, R.I.; Proxmire, Wis.; Pryor, Ark.; Reid, Nev.; Riegle, Mich.; Rockefeller, W. Va.; Sanford, N.C.; Sarbanes, Md.; Sasser, Tenn.; Shelby, Ala.; Simon, Ill.; Stennis, Miss.; Wirth, Colo.
Republicans for overriding veto--Bond, Mo.; Cochran, Miss.; D’Amato, N.Y.; Danforth, Mo.; Durenberger, Minn.; Hecht, Nev.; Heinz, Pa.; McConnell, Ky.; Pressler, S.D.; Specter, Pa.; Symms, Ida.; Weicker, Conn.; Wilson, Calif.
Democrats against override--None.
Republicans against override--Armstrong, Colo.; Boschwitz, Minn.; Chafee, R.I.; Cohen, Me.; Dole, Kan.; Domenici, N.M.; Evans, Wash.; Garn, Utah; Gramm, Tex.; Grassley, Iowa; Hatch, Utah; Hatfield, Ore.; Helms, N.C.; Humphrey, N.H.; Karnes, Neb.; Kassebaum, Kan.; Kasten, Wis.;
Lugar, Ind.; McCain, Ariz.; McClure, Ida.; Murkowski, Alaska; Nickles, Okla.; Packwood, Ore.; Quayle, Ind.; Roth, Del.; Rudman, N.H.; Simpson, Wyo.; Stafford, Vt.; Stevens, Alaska; Thurmond, S.C.; Trible, Va.; Wallop, Wyo.; Warner, Va.
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