What was the result of Senate roll call vote 291 in the 101st Congress?

The Senate vote on Nov 8, 1989 ended "Motion to Table Agreed to (63-35)", 63-35. The vote was on: On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1089 to H.R. 2710 (Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1989) (H.R. 2710).

How many senators voted yes and no on Senate vote 291?

63 senators voted Yea and 35 voted Nay. 2 senators did not vote.

Which party supported Senate vote 291 in the 101st Congress?

Democrats voted 48-5 and Republicans voted 15-30. 20 senators crossed party lines.

Roll Call Vote #291 · 101st Congress · Session 1 · Nov 8, 1989, 4:16 PM (ET)

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1089 to H.R. 2710 (Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1989) (H.R. 2710)

Amendment S.Amdt. 1089 (To strike the exclusion from the training wage for employers of migrant and seasonal agricultural workers.)

Motion to Table Agreed to (63-35)

63 Yea

35 Nay

← Vote #290 Vote #292 →

How the Parties Voted

Democrat 55 senators

48 Yea / 5 Nay

2 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Republican 45 senators

15 Yea / 30 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Crossed Party Lines

Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (Democrat–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
David Boren (Democrat–OK) 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
Robert Dole (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
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
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
H. John Heinz, III (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
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
Warren Rudman (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Richard Shelby (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Pete Wilson (Republican–CA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 63

Nay 35

Not Voting 2

Max Baucus (MT)
Spark Matsunaga (HI)

Other Votes on H.R. 2710

Vote #290 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1087 to H.R. 2710 (Fair Labor Standards Amendmen…

Motion to Table Agreed to (64-34) Nov 8, 1989
Vote #292 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 2710

Bill Passed (89-8) Nov 8, 1989

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

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