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Roll Call Vote #116 · 101st Congress · Session 1 · Jul 13, 1989, 5:46 PM (ET)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 260 to S. 358 (Immigration Act of 1989 Naturalization Amendments of 1989)

Amendment S.Amdt. 260 (To increase the number of immigrant admissions and reallocate the visa preferences for family reunification immigrants.)

Amendment Rejected (46-52)
46 Yea
52 Nay
← Vote #115 Vote #117 →

How the Parties Voted

Democrat 54 senators

26 Yea / 27 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Republican 42 senators

19 Yea / 23 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Independent 1 senator

0 Yea / 0 Nay

1 not voting or present

Independent Democrat 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 46

Nay 52

Not Voting 2

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