Senate roll call 178 · 100th Congress · Jul 7, 1987
To amend S 1420, the omnibus trade bill, to permit the President to give temporary relief from imports to a U.S. Industry when such relief is recommended by the
On Jul 7, 1987, the Senate voted 41–55 (S 1420). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–45, Republicans 33–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 41
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Jul 7, 1987
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 11 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 45 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted yes
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted yes
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA voted yes
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-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 Forbes Kerry D-MA
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- David Kemp Karnes R-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- 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
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- 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
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy 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
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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