Senate roll call 715 · 100th Congress · Aug 5, 1988
To table the bradley, NJ amendment to HR 4781, fiscal 1989 defense appropriations, to delete a provision to forbid the transfer of the aegis weapon system to ja
On Aug 5, 1988, the Senate voted 20–75 (HR 4781). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–37, Republicans 7–38. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 20
- No
- 75
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Aug 5, 1988
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 38 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 37 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted yes
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-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
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Paul Martin Simon 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
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- David Kemp Karnes R-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- 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
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- 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
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- 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
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-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
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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