Senate roll call 169 · 101st Congress · Sep 7, 1989
Regarding reduction of Congressional newsletter costs.
On Sep 7, 1989, the Senate voted 83–8 on “On the Amendment” (HR 3014). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Democrats 44–7, Republicans 39–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 members voted against their own party.
During the 101st Congress (1989–1990), George H. W. Bush was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Amendment Agreed to
- Yes
- 83
- No
- 8
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Sep 7, 1989
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Democrats44 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
The bill
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
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- 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
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood 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
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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