Roll Call Vote #226 · 101st Congress · Session 1 · Oct 5, 1989, 11:18 AM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 952 to H.R. 2978 (Flag Protection Act of 1989) (H.R. 2978)
Amendment S.Amdt. 952 (To require that desecration of the flag be public in order to be a criminal act.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (53-47)
53 Yea
47 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 55 senators
49 Yea / 6 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 45 senators
4 Yea / 41 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (Democrat–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Danforth (Republican–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 -
Richard Shelby (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 53
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Spark Matsunaga (HI)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Terry Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
Nay 47
- William Armstrong (CO)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Rudy Boschwitz (MN)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- H. John Heinz, III (PA)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Gordon Humphrey (NH)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- James McClure (ID)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
- Pete Wilson (CA)
Other Votes on H.R. 2978
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Vote #224 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 951 to H.R. 2978 (Flag Protection Act of 1989)Motion to Table Failed (31-69) Oct 5, 1989
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Vote #225 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 951 to H.R. 2978 (Flag Protection Act of 1989)Amendment Agreed to (76-24) Oct 5, 1989
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Vote #227 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 2978Bill Passed (91-9) Oct 5, 1989
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).