To reduce the threshold contribution requirement, and strike the provisions relating to communications vouchers and provide that any independent expenditure amo

On Jun 16, 1993, the Senate voted 52–47 on “On the Amendment” (S 3). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Democrats 47–9, Republicans 5–38. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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 Agreed to
Yes: 52
No: 47
Did not vote: 3
Date: Jun 16, 1993

By party

Republicans5 yes · 38 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats47 yes · 9 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
Patty Murray D-WA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

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
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
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
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
Paul David Wellstone D-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
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
Robert William Packwood R-OR
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
John William Warner R-VA
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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