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Roll Call Vote #163 · 101st Congress · Session 1 · Aug 3, 1989, 1:37 PM (ET)

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 669 to S. 686 (Oil Pollution Liability and Compensation Act of 1989)

Amendment S.Amdt. 669 (To require double hulls on new tankers operating in U.S. waters.)

Motion to Table Agreed to (51-48)
51 Yea
48 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Democrat 54 senators

15 Yea / 39 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Republican 42 senators

33 Yea / 8 Nay

1 not voting or present

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 51

Nay 48

Not Voting 1

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