Roll Call Vote #230 · 101st Congress · Session 1 · Oct 5, 1989, 8:07 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 956 to S. 1711 (No short title on file) (S. 1711)
Amendment S.Amdt. 956 (To provide Federal drug interdiction agencies with the authority to use necessary and appropriate force to compel airborne drug traffickers to land their aircraft.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (52-48)
52 Yea
48 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 55 senators
39 Yea / 16 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 45 senators
13 Yea / 32 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Brock Adams (Democrat–WA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Joe Biden, Jr. (Democrat–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Bryan (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Danforth (Republican–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Dennis DeConcini (Democrat–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alan Dixon (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Durenberger (Republican–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Gordon Humphrey (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Kerry (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Carl Levin (Democrat–MI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Frank Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
David Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Warren Rudman (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Shelby (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alan Simpson (Republican–WY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Warner (Republican–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 52
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Gordon Humphrey (NH)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Spark Matsunaga (HI)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- Terry Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
Nay 48
- Brock Adams (WA)
- William Armstrong (CO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Rudy Boschwitz (MN)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- H. John Heinz, III (PA)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- James McClure (ID)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- Pete Wilson (CA)
Other Votes on S. 1711
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Vote #228 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 935 to S.Amdt. 924 to S. 1711 (No short title on…Motion to Table Agreed to (74-25) Oct 5, 1989
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Vote #229 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 954 to S.Amdt. 924 to S. 1711 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (99-1) Oct 5, 1989
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Vote #231 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 912 to S. 1711 (No short title on file)Motion to Table Agreed to (75-24) Oct 5, 1989
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Vote #232 On Passage of the Bill S. 1711Bill Passed (100-0) Oct 5, 1989
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).