Roll Call Vote #108 · 101st Congress · Session 1 · Jul 12, 1989, 3:59 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 246 to S. 358 (Immigration Act of 1989 Naturalization Amendments of 1989) (S. 358)
Amendment S.Amdt. 246 (To strike out the employment creation visa category.)
Amendment Rejected (43-56)
43 Yea
56 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 55 senators
39 Yea / 15 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 45 senators
4 Yea / 41 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (Democrat–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alan Dixon (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Gordon Humphrey (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ted Kennedy (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Moynihan (Democrat–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Claiborne Pell (Democrat–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Warren Rudman (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Shelby (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Paul Simon (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Timothy Wirth (Democrat–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 43
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Gordon Humphrey (NH)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- Terry Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
Nay 56
- William Armstrong (CO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Rudy Boschwitz (MN)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- H. John Heinz, III (PA)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- James McClure (ID)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
- Pete Wilson (CA)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
Not Voting 1
- Spark Matsunaga (HI)
Other Votes on S. 358
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Vote #104 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 239 to S. 358 (Immigration Act of 1989 Naturalization …Amendment Agreed to (97-0) Jul 11, 1989
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Vote #106 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 240 to S. 358 (Immigration Act of 1989 Naturalization …Amendment Rejected (27-71) Jul 12, 1989
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Vote #107 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 244 to S. 358 (Immigration Act of 1989 Naturalization …Amendment Agreed to (61-38) Jul 12, 1989
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Vote #109 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 238 to S. 358 (Immigration Act of 1989 Naturalization …Amendment Agreed to (62-36) Jul 12, 1989
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Vote #110 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 251 to S. 358 (Immigration Act of 1989 Naturalization …Amendment Rejected (43-56) Jul 13, 1989
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Vote #111 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 250 to S. 358 (Immigration Act of 1989 Naturalization …Amendment Agreed to (93-6) Jul 13, 1989
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Vote #112 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 254 to S.Amdt. 252 to S. 358 (Immigration Act of 1989 …Amendment Rejected (22-77) Jul 13, 1989
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Vote #113 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 252 to S. 358 (Immigration Act of 1989 Naturalization …Amendment Agreed to (78-21) Jul 13, 1989
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Vote #114 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 255 to S. 358 (Immigration Act of 1989 Naturaliz…Motion to Table Failed (41-58) Jul 13, 1989
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Vote #115 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 255 to S. 358 (Immigration Act of 1989 Naturaliz…Motion to Table Agreed to (56-43) Jul 13, 1989
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).