Senate roll call 462 · 100th Congress · Mar 3, 1988
To invoke cloture, thereby limiting debate on S 1904, polygraph protection act, a bill to restrict use of lie detector tests on employees and job applicants.
On Mar 3, 1988, the Senate voted 77–19 (S 1904). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 51–0, Republicans 26–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- 77
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Mar 3, 1988
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 19 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats51 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN voted no
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- David Kemp Karnes R-NE voted no
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- 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
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- 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
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- 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
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- 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
- 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
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- 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
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- 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
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- David Kemp Karnes R-NE
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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