To table the cochran, MS amendment in the nature of a substitute to S 1904, polygraph protection law, to transfer authority to establish polygraph regulations f

On Mar 2, 1988, the Senate voted 65–29 (S 1904). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 44–5, Republicans 21–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: 65
No: 29
Did not vote: 7
Date: Mar 2, 1988

By party

Republicans21 yes · 24 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats44 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted yes
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted yes
John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted yes
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted yes
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted yes
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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