Roll Call Vote #231 · 101st Congress · Session 1 · Oct 5, 1989, 9:48 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 912 to S. 1711 (No short title on file)
Amendment S.Amdt. 912 (To require drug testing for applicants for title IV, Social Security Act benefits aid to families with dependent children.)
How the Parties Voted
53 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
20 Yea / 21 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Kit Bond (Republican–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Conrad Burns (Republican–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Daniel Coats (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Danforth (Republican–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
David Durenberger (Republican–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Slade Gorton, III (Republican–WA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Henry Heinz, III (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Warren Rudman (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Warner (Republican–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 75
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- David Boren (OK)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Henry Heinz, III (PA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Spark Matsunaga (HI)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- James Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Warner (VA)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
Nay 24
- William Armstrong (CO)
- Rudy Boschwitz (MN)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- James McClure (ID)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- Pete Wilson (CA)
Not Voting 1
- Gordon Humphrey (NH)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).