Roll Call Vote #224 · 101st Congress · Session 1 · Oct 5, 1989, 10:39 AM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 951 to H.R. 2978 (Flag Protection Act of 1989)
Amendment S.Amdt. 951 (To prevent the defiling of the American flag.)
Motion to Table Failed (31-69)
31 Yea
69 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 54 senators
30 Yea / 24 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 42 senators
0 Yea / 42 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
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 -
Richard Bryan (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Wyche Fowler, Jr. (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Albert Gore, Jr. (Democrat–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Kerry (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Carl Levin (Democrat–MI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Donald Riegle, Jr. (Democrat–MI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Sasser (Democrat–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 31
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Spark Matsunaga (HI)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- James Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
Nay 69
- William Armstrong (CO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Rudy Boschwitz (MN)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Henry Heinz, III (PA)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Gordon Humphrey (NH)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- James McClure (ID)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
- Pete Wilson (CA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).