To table the wallop, wy amendment to treaty doc. 100-11, inf treaty, to permit withdrawal from the treaty obligations due to certain possible soviet violations.

On May 27, 1988, the Senate voted 66–30 (TREATYDOC 100). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 48–2, Republicans 18–28. 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: 66
No: 30
Did not vote: 5
Date: May 27, 1988

By party

Republicans18 yes · 28 no
Democrats48 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted yes
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted yes
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted yes
John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH 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
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA 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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