To table the metzenbaum, oh) amendment to S 1848 pharmaceutical export amendments. The amendment would make standards under the 1980 infant formula act more ST

On May 13, 1986, the Senate voted 29–66 (S 1848). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–23, Democrats 3–44. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 members voted against their own party.

During the 99th Congress (1985–1986), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Yes: 29
No: 66
Did not vote: 5
Date: May 13, 1986

By party

Republicans26 yes · 23 no · 5 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 44 no

Who broke with their party

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL voted no
Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA voted no
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
Mark Andrews R-ND voted no
Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
James Abdnor R-SD voted no
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA voted no
Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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