VOTE ON TOWER NOMINATION
Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee voted along party lines Thursday night to recommend that the full Senate reject the nomination of John Tower as defense secretary. The 11 Democrats voting against the nomination and the nine Republicans voting for approval were:
Democrats--Nunn of Georgia, Exon of Nebraska, Levin of Michigan, Bingaman of New Mexico, Kennedy of Massachusetts, Dixon of Illinois, Glenn of Ohio, Gore of Tennessee, Wirth of Colorado, Shelby of Alabama and Byrd of West Virginia.
Republicans--Warner of Virginia, Thurmond of South Carolina, Cohen of Maine, Wilson of California, McCain of Arizona, Wallop of Wyoming, Gorton of Washington, Lott of Mississippi and Coats of Indiana.
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