Senate roll call 128 · 100th Congress · May 27, 1987
To amend HR 1827, the fiscal 1987 supplemental appropriations, to waive certain sections of the budget act in order to supply funding for summer youth employmen
On May 27, 1987, the Senate voted 33–62 (HR 1827). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 26–25, Republicans 7–37. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 members voted against their own party.
During the 100th Congress (1987–1988), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 33
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- May 27, 1987
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 37 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats26 yes · 25 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted yes
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted yes
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted no
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- David Kemp Karnes R-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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