Senate roll call 792 · 100th Congress · Oct 14, 1988
To amend HR 5210, omnibus drug bill, to deny federal benefits to both drug dealers and users.
On Oct 14, 1988, the Senate voted 78–11 (HR 5210). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 43–7, Republicans 37–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 78
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Oct 14, 1988
By party
- Republicans37 yes · 4 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Democrats43 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- 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
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- 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
- 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
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- 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
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- 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
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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