To adopt HC res 77, the federal-aid highway act correction, a resolution to allow the states to post a speed limit of 65 MPH on non-urban sections of interstate

On Mar 20, 1987, the Senate voted 60–21. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 36–12, Republicans 29–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 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: 60
No: 21
Did not vote: 11
Date: Mar 20, 1987

By party

Republicans29 yes · 13 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats36 yes · 12 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
Alan John Dixon D-IL voted no
Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
Carl Levin D-MI voted no
Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no
Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA voted no
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA voted no
Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA voted no
William Proxmire D-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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