To provide that no Federal funds shall be used by the Department of Education or the Department of Health and Human Services to support the distribution or prov

On Feb 8, 1994, the Senate voted 34–59 on “On the Amendment” (S 1150). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 7–45, Republicans 27–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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: 34
No: 59
Did not vote: 9
Date: Feb 8, 1994

By party

Republicans27 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats7 yes · 45 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted yes
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted no
John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Harlan Mathews D-TN voted yes
James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted yes
John William Warner R-VA voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski 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
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
J. James Exon D-NE
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Harlan Mathews D-TN
James Ralph Sasser D-TN
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Malcolm Wallop R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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