To provide a low-income school choice demonstration program.

On Feb 8, 1994, the Senate voted 41–52 on “On the Amendment” (S 1150). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 5–47, Republicans 36–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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: 41
No: 52
Did not vote: 9
Date: Feb 8, 1994

By party

Republicans36 yes · 5 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 47 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
Conrad Burns R-MT voted no
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted yes
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-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
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
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
Robert William Packwood R-OR
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
John William Warner R-VA
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Malcolm Wallop R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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