Roll Call Vote #242 · 101st Congress · Session 1 · Oct 7, 1989, 1:42 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 991 to H.R. 2788 (No short title on file)
Amendment S.Amdt. 991 (To prohibit the use of funds to promote, disseminate, or produce materials that are obscene or depict, in an offensive way, sexual or excretory activities or organs.)
How the Parties Voted
43 Yea / 10 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
17 Yea / 23 Nay
2 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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Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (Democrat–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Rudy Boschwitz (Republican–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) 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 -
Dennis DeConcini (Democrat–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
David Durenberger (Republican–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 -
Slade Gorton, III (Republican–WA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Henry Heinz, III (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
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 -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Warren Rudman (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Alan Simpson (Republican–WY) 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 62
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Rudy Boschwitz (MN)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- J. Exon (NE)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Henry Heinz, III (PA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- 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)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- James Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Warner (VA)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
Nay 35
- William Armstrong (CO)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Gordon Humphrey (NH)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- 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)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- Pete Wilson (CA)
Not Voting 3
- Kit Bond (MO)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).