To provide for the State distribution of funds for secondary school vocational education, postsecondary and adult vocational education, and adult education.

On Oct 10, 1995, the Senate voted 46–49 on “On the Amendment” (S 143). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 5–46, Democrats 41–3. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 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 Rejected
Yes: 46
No: 49
Did not vote: 8
Date: Oct 10, 1995

By party

Republicans5 yes · 46 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats41 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-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
Spencer Abraham R-MI
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
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
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
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To provide for the State distribution of…: Senate Vote, Oct 10, 1995,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/104-S-481/to-provide-for-the-state-distribution-of-funds-for (accessed 2026-10-17).