Senate roll call 215 · 101st Congress · Sep 28, 1989
To limit the use of appropriated funds for maintaining United States military pesonnel in NATO member countries in Europe.
On Sep 28, 1989, the Senate voted 25–75 on “On the Amendment” (HR 3072). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 21–34, Republicans 4–41. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 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 Rejected
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 75
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Sep 28, 1989
By party
- Republicans4 yes · 41 no
- Democrats21 yes · 34 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted yes
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Harry Reid D-NV voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted yes
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted yes
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA voted yes
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin 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
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- 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
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- 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
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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