Senate roll call 778 · 100th Congress · Oct 7, 1988
To table the d'amato, NY amendment to S 2238, technical tax corrections, to increase the amount of tax-free mass transit commuting costs a employee would receiv
On Oct 7, 1988, the Senate voted 43–41 (S 2238). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 31–16, Republicans 13–27. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 29 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
- 43
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Oct 7, 1988
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 27 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted yes
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY 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
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- 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
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- David Kemp Karnes R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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