Senate roll call 86 · 101st Congress · Jun 13, 1989
To declare indefinite price escalator clauses to be presumptively unjust and unreasonable.
On Jun 13, 1989, the Senate voted 73–23 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 1722). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Democrats 34–20, Republicans 40–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- Motion to Table Agreed to
- Yes
- 73
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Jun 13, 1989
By party
- Republicans40 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 20 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted no
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
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
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- 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
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- 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
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- 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
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- 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
- 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
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser 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
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Did not vote
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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