Senate roll call 499 · 100th Congress · Mar 29, 1988
To invoke cloture, thereby limiting debate on the labor and human resources committee amendment in the nature of a substitute to S 79, high risk occupational di
On Mar 29, 1988, the Senate voted 42–52 (S 79). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 34–15, Republicans 8–37. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 42
- No
- 52
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Mar 29, 1988
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 37 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 15 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted no
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK 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
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- 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
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Harry Reid D-NV
- 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
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- 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 Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- 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
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- 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
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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