Senate roll call 356 · 101st Congress · Mar 27, 1990
To insert a new title V and VI.
On Mar 27, 1990, the Senate voted 47–50 on “On the Amendment” (S 1630). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 13–41, Republicans 35–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 47
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Mar 27, 1990
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 10 no
- Democrats13 yes · 41 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- 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
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- 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
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- 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
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- 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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- 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
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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