Senate roll call 543 · 100th Congress · May 10, 1988
To table the wilson, ca amendment to provide federal monetary aid for new school facilities in school districts heavily populated due to the construction of mil
On May 10, 1988, the Senate voted 53–39. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 43–6, Republicans 10–33. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 53
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- May 10, 1988
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 33 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats43 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted yes
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
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
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham 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
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- 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
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- 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
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- John William Warner R-VA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- 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
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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