Roll Call Vote #110 · 101st Congress · Session 1 · Jul 13, 1989, 11:15 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 251 to S. 358 (Immigration Act of 1989 Naturalization Amendments of 1989) (S. 358)
Amendment S.Amdt. 251 (Relating to English Language Ability.)
Amendment Rejected (43-56)
43 Yea
56 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 55 senators
14 Yea / 40 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 45 senators
29 Yea / 16 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Rudy Boschwitz (Republican–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Quentin Burdick (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Danforth (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Durenberger (Republican–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Wyche Fowler, Jr. (Democrat–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Chuck Grassley (Republican–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Gordon Humphrey (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Connie Mack, III (Republican–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Claiborne Pell (Democrat–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Terry Sanford (Democrat–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Shelby (Democrat–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pete Wilson (Republican–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 43
- William Armstrong (CO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- H. John Heinz, III (PA)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- James McClure (ID)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- Terry Sanford (NC)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 56
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Rudy Boschwitz (MN)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Gordon Humphrey (NH)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- 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 #108 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 246 to S. 358 (Immigration Act of 1989 Naturalization …Amendment Rejected (43-56) 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 #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 ↗).