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Vote Data for S2455 (100th Congress)


Date: June 10, 1988

Subject: Death Penalty for Drug-Related Killings

Description: Passage of the bill to allow the death penalty for "drug kingpins" who intentionally kill or who order a killing. The bill would provide a separate hearing before a judge or jury on the issue of punishment, where the judge or jury would have to weigh aggravating and mitigating circumstances before determining whether the death penalty was appropriate. The jury would have to be unanimous in imposing the death penalty.

Result: Bill Passed, 65-29

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Voted in Favor:

William Armstrong (R-CO)  
Max Baucus (D-MT)  
Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)  
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)  
Christopher Bond (R-MO)  
David Boren (D-OK)  
Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN)  
Bill Bradley (D-NJ)  
John Breaux (D-LA)  
Dale Bumpers (D-AR)  
Robert Byrd (D-WV)  
Thad Cochran (R-MS)  
Al D'Amato (R-NY)  
Tom Daschle (D-SD)  
Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ)  
Alan Dixon (D-IL)  
Christopher Dodd (D-CT)  
Robert Dole (R-KS)  
Pete Domenici (R-NM)  
James Exon (D-NE)  
Wendell Ford (D-KY)  
Jake Garn (R-UT)  
Bob Graham (D-FL)  
Charles Grassley (R-IA)  
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)  
Chic Hecht (R-NV)  
Howell Heflin (D-AL)  
John Heinz (R-PA)  
Jesse Helms (R-NC)  
Ernest Hollings (D-SC)  
Bennett Johnston (D-LA)  
David Karnes (R-NE)  
Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS)  
Bob Kasten (R-WI)  
Richard Lugar (R-IN)  
John McCain (R-AZ)  
James McClure (R-ID)  
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)  
Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)  
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)  
Frank Murkowski (R-AK)  
Don Nickles (R-OK)  
Sam Nunn (D-GA)  
Bob Packwood (R-OR)  
Larry Pressler (R-SD)  
David Pryor (D-AR)  
Dan Quayle (R-IN)  
Harry Reid (D-NV)  
Donald Riegle (D-MI)  
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)  
William Roth (R-DE)  
Warren Rudman (R-NH)  
Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)  
Jim Sasser (D-TN)  
Richard Shelby (D-AL)  
Alan Simpson (R-WY)  
Arlen Specter (R-PA)  
Robert Stafford (R-VT)  
Ted Stevens (R-AK)  
Steven Symms (R-ID)  
Strom Thurmond (R-SC)  
Paul Trible (R-VA)  
Malcolm Wallop (R-WY)  
John Warner (R-VA)  
Pete Wilson (R-CA)  

Voted Against:

Quentin Burdick (D-ND)  
John Chafee (R-RI)  
Kent Conrad (D-ND)  
Alan Cranston (D-CA)  
John Danforth (R-MO)  
Dave Durenberger (R-MN)  
Daniel Evans (R-WA)  
Wyche Fowler (D-GA)  
John Glenn (D-OH)  
Albert Gore, Jr. (D-TN)  
Tom Harkin (D-IA)  
Mark Hatfield (R-OR)  
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)  
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)  
John Kerry (D-MA)  
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)  
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)  
Carl Levin (D-MI)  
Spark Matsunaga (D-HI)  
John Melcher (D-MT)  
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)  
George Mitchell (D-ME)  
Claiborne Pell (D-RI)  
William Proxmire (D-WI)  
Terry Sanford (D-NC)  
Paul Simon (D-IL)  
John Stennis (D-MS)  
Lowell Weicker (R-CT)  
Tim Wirth (D-CO)  

Did Not Vote:

Brock Adams (D-WA)  
Joe Biden (D-DE)  
Lawton Chiles (D-FL)  
William Cohen (R-ME)  
Phil Gramm (R-TX)  
Gordon Humphrey (R-NH)  

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