Senate roll call 127 · 103rd Congress · May 26, 1993
To limit public financing to campaigns for election to terms in the Senate and the House of Reprensentatives aggregating 12 years.
On May 26, 1993, the Senate voted 39–59 on “On the Amendment” (S 3). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 39–16, Republicans 0–43. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 members voted against their own party.
During the 103rd Congress (1993–1994), Bill Clinton was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Amendment Rejected
- Yes
- 39
- No
- 59
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- May 26, 1993
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 43 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats39 yes · 16 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- Barbara Boxer D-CA voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Patty Murray D-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Harris Wofford D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Harlan Mathews D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- 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
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- 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
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger 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
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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