Senate roll call 495 · 100th Congress · Mar 25, 1988
To table the helms, NC amendment to S 79, high risk occupational disease notification and prevention act, to classify health workers as a population at risk of
On Mar 25, 1988, the Senate voted 45–33 (S 79). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 34–7, Republicans 13–27. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 45
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Mar 25, 1988
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 27 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 7 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- 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
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry 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
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
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
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- 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 Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- David Kemp Karnes R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky 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
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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