To provide a formula for allocating funds that more accurately reflects the needs of States with children below the poverty line, and for other purposes.

On Sep 13, 1995, the Senate voted 34–66 on “On the Amendment” (HR 4). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 6–48, Democrats 28–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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 Rejected
Yes: 34
No: 66
Did not vote: 3
Date: Sep 13, 1995

By party

Republicans6 yes · 48 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats28 yes · 18 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Barbara Boxer D-CA voted no
Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Connie Mack III R-FL voted yes
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted yes
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted yes
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
Carl Levin D-MI voted no
Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted yes
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
Patty Murray D-WA voted no
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
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
John David Ashcroft 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
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
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
Arlen Specter R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
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
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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