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Roll Call Vote #115 · 101st Congress · Session 1 · Jul 13, 1989, 4:48 PM (ET)

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 255 to S. 358 (Immigration Act of 1989 Naturalization Amendments of 1989)

Amendment S.Amdt. 255 (To prevent distortions in the reapportionment of the House of Representatives caused by the use of census population figures which include illegal aliens.)

Motion to Table Agreed to (56-43)
56 Yea
43 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Democrat 54 senators

19 Yea / 34 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Republican 42 senators

34 Yea / 8 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Independent 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Independent Democrat 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 56

Nay 43

Not Voting 1

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).