Senate roll call 762 · 100th Congress · Sep 30, 1988
To table the symms, id amendment to HR 4637, fiscal 1989 foreign aid appropriations, to remove the 6-year authorization for additional contributions from the u.
On Sep 30, 1988, the Senate voted 57–34 (HR 4637). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 39–9, Republicans 19–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 34
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Sep 30, 1988
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 25 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats39 yes · 9 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME 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
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted yes
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- 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
- 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
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- 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
- 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
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- David Kemp Karnes R-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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