To provide additional deregulation of telecommunications services.

On Jun 9, 1995, the Senate voted 77–8 on “On the Amendment” (S 652). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 42–1, Democrats 35–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 8 members voted against their own party.

During the 104th Congress (1995–1996), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Amendment Agreed to
Yes: 77
No: 8
Did not vote: 17
Date: Jun 9, 1995

By party

Republicans42 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats35 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no

The bill

S. 652: An original bill to provide for a pro-competitive, de-regulatory national policy framework designed to accelerate rapidly private sector deployment of advanced telecommunications and information technologies and services to all Americans by opening all telecommunications markets to competition, and for other purposes.

How each senator voted: Yes

Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
Dale Bumpers D-AR
David Hampton Pryor D-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
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
Carol Moseley Braun 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
John Forbes Kerry D-MA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
Carl Levin D-MI
Spencer Abraham R-MI
Paul David Wellstone D-MN
Rod Grams 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
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
J. James Exon D-NE
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
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
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
Robert William Packwood R-OR
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Patty Murray D-WA
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI

How each senator voted: No

Voted present

Connie Mack III R-FL

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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