Senate roll call 235 · 100th Congress · Sep 9, 1987
To sustain the ruling that the helms, NC amendment to the executive journal was not in order. The amendment would have called on the secretary of state to meet
On Sep 9, 1987, the Senate voted 59–28. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 50–0, Republicans 9–28. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 59
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Sep 9, 1987
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 28 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats50 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- 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
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- 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 Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-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
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- 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
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- David Kemp Karnes R-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- 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
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- John William Warner R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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