Senate roll call 420 · 100th Congress · Dec 21, 1987
To adopt the conference report on HJ RES 395, the fiscal 1988 continuing appropriations, a joint resolution to allocate approximately $603.9 billion in total bu
On Dec 21, 1987, the Senate voted 59–30. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 37–11, Republicans 24–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 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
- 59
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Dec 21, 1987
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 20 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats37 yes · 11 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- David Kemp Karnes R-NE voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA voted no
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted no
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- 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
- 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
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- 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
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- David Kemp Karnes R-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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