Senate roll call 560 · 100th Congress · May 16, 1988
To table the johnston, la and breaux, la amendment to S 2355, fiscal 1989 defense authorization, to allow open competition among all bidders based on technical
On May 16, 1988, the Senate voted 63–24 (S 2355). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 32–18, Republicans 31–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 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
- 63
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- May 16, 1988
By party
- Republicans31 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 18 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Paul Martin Simon 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
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy 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
- 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
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- 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
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- David Kemp Karnes R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Other votes
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