Senate roll call 176 · 100th Congress · Jul 1, 1987
To table the melcher, MT amendment to S 1420, the omnibus trade bill, which would require the secretary of labor to establish a consumer price index to gauge TH
On Jul 1, 1987, the Senate voted 50–42 (S 1420). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–25, Republicans 26–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 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
- 50
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Jul 1, 1987
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 17 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 25 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted yes
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- 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
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- David Kemp Karnes R-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Harry Reid D-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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