List of tie-breaking votes cast by vice presidents of the United States
List of tie-breaking votes since 1945

List of tie-breaking votes cast by vice presidents of the United States

Section Title: List of tie-breaking votes since 1945
Table Section Text: None

Senate President	Date	Bill	Vote	Ultimate result

Harry Truman	April 10, 1945	Taft amendment to H.R. 2013 (Lend-Lease Extension Act of 1945) to block the postwar delivery of Lend-Lease Act items contracted for during World War II.	Nay: 39–40	Amendment defeated.

Alben Barkley	September 15, 1949	Motion to reconsider the vote by which the Senate agreed to the McCarthy amendment to H.R. 1211 (Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1949) to direct the president to establish import quotas on furs and fur products.	Yea: 42–41	Motion agreed to. The amendment was defeated in the re-vote.

September 15, 1949	Motion to table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the Senate agreed to the McCarthy amendment to H.R. 1211 (Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1949).	Nay: 41–42	Motion defeated. H.R. 1211 passed and enacted without amendments added. The reciprocal trade agreements program is extended to 1951.

October 4, 1949	Motion to table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the Senate rejected the Young-Russell amendment to H.R. 5345 (Agricultural Act of 1949) to make mandatory price support at 90% parity on cotton, wheat, corn, rice, peanuts.	Nay: 37–38	Motion defeated. The Young-Russell amendment is reconsidered for a new roll call vote.

October 4, 1949	Young-Russell amendment to H.R. 5345 (Agricultural Act of 1949) to make mandatory price support at 90% parity on cotton, wheat, corn, rice, peanuts.	Yea: 38–37	Amendment passed. This amendment was later changed in a compromise with the House version. H.R. 5345 was passed and enacted.

May 3, 1950	Motion to substitute the Senate Democratic Policy Committee amendment to S.Res. 202 (Nationwide Investigation into Organized Crime Act) to provide for an investigation into gambling and racketeering interstate crime by a special five-member committee called the "Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce" who would be selected by the Vice President.	Yea: 36–35	Motion agreed to. The Senate Democratic Policy Committee plan replaced the original S.Res. 202 and S.Res. 202 was passed.

June 5, 1950	Conference bill of H.R. 5332 (Foreign-Trade Zones Amendment Act of 1950) to ease restrictions on assembling and processing of foreign goods in the "foreign-trade zones" which the original Act set up in major U.S.	Yea: 31–30	H.R. 5332 passed and enacted.

June 26, 1950	Conference bill of H.R. 6567 (Commodity Credit Corporation Amendment Act of 1950) to increase the Commodity Credit Corporation's borrowing authority by $2 billion and other farm-related amendments.	Yea: 36–35	H.R. 6567 passed and enacted.

June 4, 1952	Ives amendment to S. 2954 (Defense Production Act Amendments of 1952) to maintain the same equal membership of the Wage Stabilization Board between labor, industry, and the public.	Yea: 42–41	Amendment passed. A later amendment during conference committee that was included in the final bill changed the composition of the WSB from equal representation between labor, industry, and the public to the board having more representation from the public.

Richard Nixon	June 18, 1953	Motion to proceed to the consideration of the conference report of S. 1081 (Defense Production Act Amendments of 1953).	Yea: 40–39	Motion agreed to.

June 18, 1953	Motion to table the motion to reconsider the vote by which the Senate agreed to proceed with the consideration of the conference report of S.	Yea: 42–41	Motion agreed to. The conference report of S. 1081 moves forward.

March 9, 1956	Aiken amendment to delete from H.R. 12 (Agricultural Act of 1956) 90% rigid mandatory price supports for millable varieties of wheat of 1956 crops.	Yea: 46–45	Amendment passed, but the final bill was unpalatable to everybody. Vetoed by President Eisenhower.

May 29, 1956	Knowland amendment to H.R. 10660 (Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956) to permit state agencies to determine prevailing wages for projects in the Interstate Highway System.	Yea: 40–39	Passed, but during conference committee the Knowland amendment wasn't included in the final bill.

March 12, 1958	Motion to table the motion to reconsider the vote on the Monroney amendment to delete the interest rate ceiling hike on American GI mortgages from 4.5% to 4.75% in S.	Yea: 48–47	Motion agreed to. GI mortgages now had an interest rate ceiling of 4.75%

April 22, 1959	Motion to table the motion to reconsider the vote on the McClellan amendment to S. 1555 (Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959) to add a bill of rights for union members to include guarantees of freedom of speech and periodic secret elections of officers.	Yea: 46–45	Motion agreed to. A bill of rights for union workers was included in the final bill that was passed and enacted.

February 3, 1960	Motion to table the motion to reconsider the vote on the Clark amendment to S. 8 (Emergency Federal Assistance for School Construction Act) to authorize $1.1 billion per year of federal funds for an indefinite period for school construction and teachers' salaries.	Yea: 45–44	Motion agreed to. A scaled-down version of the federal education funds passed later.

May 2, 1960	Gruening amendment to H.R. 11510 (Mutual Security Act of 1960) to prevent the President from using contingency funds to help replace cuts Congress may make later in other aid funds.	Nay: 44–45	Amendment defeated.

Lyndon B. Johnson	No votes

Hubert Humphrey	August 17, 1965	Motion to reconsider the vote rejecting the Fannin amendment to keep governors' full veto rights over three anti-poverty programs (work-training, community action and adult education) intact in H.R.	Nay: 45–46	Motion defeated. The Senate version of a full repeal of veto rights was rejected eventually.

September 13, 1965	Bass amendment to H.R. 9811 (Food and Agriculture Act of 1965) to strike from the bill a provision transferring from the Secretary of Labor to the Secretary of Agriculture authority to determine whether foreign farm workers are required by U.S.	Yea: 46–45	H.R. 9811 was passed and enacted.

May 9, 1967	Gore-Williams amendment to H.R. 6950 (Restoring the Investment Tax Credit and the Allowance of Accelerated Depreciation in the Case of Certain Real Property Act) to make the 1966 Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act inoperative after September 15, 1967.	Nay: 48–49	Eventually H.R. 6950 was passed and enacted but with an amendment to make the 1966 Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act inoperative.

March 11, 1968	Clark amendment to H.R. 15399 (Urgent Supplemental Appropriations Act) to appropriate $25 million for the Office of Economic Opportunity's Head Start Program.	Yea: 43–42	H.R. 15399 died in Congress. The $25 million funding for Head Start was approved in a different bill.

Spiro Agnew	August 6, 1969	Smith amendment to prohibit funding for the Safeguard anti-ballistic missile program	Nay: 50–51	The Safeguard anti-ballistic missile program was authorized and came into fruition.

July 17, 1973	Motion to table the motion to reconsider the Gravel-Stevens amendment to S. 1081 (Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act) that states that the Interior Department has met all the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline project.	Yea: 50–49	Motion agreed to. The Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act was ultimately passed and enacted in November 1973.

Gerald Ford	No votes

Nelson Rockefeller	No votes

Walter Mondale	November 4, 1977	Motion to table the Curtis amendment to H.R. 9346 (Social Security Tax Act of 1977) to continue the tradition of employers and employees paying equal shares of Social Security taxes.	Yea: 42–41	Motion agreed to.

George H. W. Bush	July 13, 1983	Motion to table Pryor Amdt.1468 on nerve gas	Yea: 50–49	Motion agreed to.

November 8, 1983	Stevens/Tower/Goldwater Amdt.2517 on nerve gas	Yea: 47–46	Agreed to.

June 14, 1984	Motion to table Moynihan Amdt.3208 on MX missiles	Yea: 49–48	Motion agreed to.

May 10, 1985	Dole Amdt.93 on cutting deficit	Yea: 50–49	Agreed to.

July 23, 1986	Motion to reconsider vote on Manion nomination	Nay: 49–50	Motion defeated so Manion remained confirmed.

August 7, 1986	Pryor Amdt.2612 on nerve gas	Nay: 50–51	Amendment defeated.

September 22, 1987	Motion to table Johnston Amdt.710 on SDI funding	Yea: 51–50	Motion agreed to.

Dan Quayle	No votes

Al Gore	June 25, 1993	H.R. 2264 (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993)	Yea: 50–49	Conference Report (see below) enacted as Pub.L. 103–66.

August 6, 1993	H.R. 2264 (Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993) Conference Report	Yea: 51–50	Enacted. Pub.L. 103–66

August 3, 1994	Motion to table S.Amdt. 2446 (Johnston Ethanol Limitation Amendment) to H.R 4624 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act of 1995)	Yea: 51–50	S.Amdt. 2446 tabled.

May 20, 1999	S.Amdt. 362 (Lautenberg Gun Show Sales Amendment) to S. 254 (School Safety Act of 1999)	Yea: 51–50	S. 254 returned to Senate by House via blue slip. Expired at end of session.

Dick Cheney	April 3, 2001	S.Amdt. 173 (Grassley Prescription Drug Reserve Fund Amendment) to H.Con.Res. 83 (2002 budget)	Yea: 51–50	Agreed to.

April 5, 2001	S.Amdt. 347 (Hutchison Marriage Penalty Tax Elimination Amendment) to H.Con.Res. 83 (2002 budget)	Yea: 51–50	Agreed to.

May 21, 2002	Motion to table S.Amdt. 3406 (Allen Mortgage Loan Amendment) to H.R. 3009 (Trade Act of 2002)	Yea: 50–49	Motion agreed to.

April 11, 2003	H.Con.Res. 95 (2004 budget)	Yea: 51–50	Enacted.

May 15, 2003	S.Amdt. 664 (Nickles Dividend Exclusion Amendment) to S. 1054 (Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003)	Yea: 51–50	S. 1054 incorporated into H.R. 2 (see below), which was enacted as Pub.L. 108–27.

May 23, 2003	H.R. 2 (Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003) Conference Report	Yea: 51–50	Enacted. Pub.L. 108–27

December 21, 2005	S. 1932 (Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2005)	Yea: 51–50	Passed. Bill sent to conference committee and enacted, Pub.L. 109–171.

March 13, 2008	Motion to reconsider S.Amdt. 4189 to S.Con.Res. 70	Yea: 51–50	Motion agreed to.

Joe Biden	No votes

Mike Pence	February 7, 2017	PN37 (Nomination of Elisabeth Prince DeVos, of Michigan, to be Secretary of Education)	Yea: 51–50	Nomination confirmed.

March 30, 2017	Motion to proceed to H.J.Res. 43	Yea: 51–50	Motion agreed to.

H.J.Res. 43 (Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients)	Yea: 51–50	Enacted. Pub.L. 115–23

July 25, 2017	Motion to proceed to H.R. 1628 (American Health Care Act of 2017)	Yea: 51–50	Motion agreed to.

October 24, 2017	H.J.Res. 111 (Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection relating to "Arbitration Agreements")	Yea: 51–50	Enacted. Pub.L. 115–74

December 2, 2017	S.Amdt. 1852 (Cruz 529 Savings Plan Amendment) to H.R. 1 (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act)	Yea: 51–50	Agreed to.

January 24, 2018	Motion to invoke cloture on PN1341 (Nomination of Sam Brownback, of Kansas, to be United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom)	Yea: 50–49	Motion agreed to.

PN1341 (Nomination of Sam Brownback, of Kansas, to be United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom)	Yea: 50–49	Nomination confirmed.

February 28, 2018	PN367 (Nomination of Russell Vought, of Virginia, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget)	Yea: 50–49	Nomination confirmed.

November 28, 2018	Motion to invoke cloture on PN1412 (Nomination of Thomas Alvin Farr, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina)	Yea: 51–50	Motion agreed to.

November 29, 2018	Motion to invoke cloture on PN2117 (Nomination of Jonathan A. Kobes, of South Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit)	Yea: 50–49	Motion agreed to.

December 11, 2018	PN2117 (Nomination of Jonathan A. Kobes, of South Dakota, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit)	Yea: 51–50	Nomination confirmed.

December 21, 2018	Motion to proceed to the House Message to accompany H.R. 695 (Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018; a legislative vehicle used to fund various government departments.)	Yea: 48–47	Motion agreed to.

Sentence(s)

Mike Pence cast his tie-breaking vote in favor of DeVos to confirm her as education secretary.

final_sentence: Mike Pence cast his tie-breaking vote in favor of DeVos to confirm her as education secretary.