Senate roll call 215 · 100th Congress · Jul 30, 1987
To table the symms, id amendment to S RES 248, the human rights in haiti resolution, which would express the sense of the Senate to cancel current agreements al
On Jul 30, 1987, the Senate voted 26–71. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–35, Republicans 9–37. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 26 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
- 26
- No
- 71
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 30, 1987
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 37 no
- Democrats17 yes · 35 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA voted yes
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- 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
- 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
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- David Kemp Karnes R-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- 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
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- 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
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
Other votes
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