To table the wiecker, CT amendment to SC res 113, congressional budget resolution for fiscal 1989, to transfer budget authority from science to health functions

On Apr 14, 1988, the Senate voted 57–38. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–19, Republicans 27–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 38 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: 57
No: 38
Did not vote: 6
Date: Apr 14, 1988

By party

Republicans27 yes · 19 no
Democrats30 yes · 19 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted no
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
David Kemp Karnes R-NE voted no
Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV voted no
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA voted no
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
William Proxmire D-WI voted no
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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