Senate roll call 6 · 100th Congress · Jan 28, 1987
To table the symms, id amendment to S 80, the Senate committees authorization, which would decrease appropriations to all Senate committees by five percent.
On Jan 28, 1987, the Senate voted 58–36 (S 80). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 50–4, Republicans 8–32. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 58
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Jan 28, 1987
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 32 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats50 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- 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
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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