Roll Call Vote #95 · 101st Congress · Session 1 · Jun 22, 1989, 4:49 PM (ET)
On the Resolution S.Res. 151 (S.Res. 151)
A resolution to express the sense of the Senate on the decision of the United States Supreme Court, declaring unconstitutional the Texas statute prohibiting the desecration of the flag.
Resolution Agreed to (97-3)
97 Yea
3 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 54 senators
52 Yea / 2 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 42 senators
41 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Gordon Humphrey (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ted Kennedy (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howard Metzenbaum (Democrat–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 97
- Brock Adams (WA)
- William Armstrong (CO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- David Boren (OK)
- Rudy Boschwitz (MN)
- 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)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- 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)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Spark Matsunaga (HI)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- James McClure (ID)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- 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)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
- Pete Wilson (CA)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
Nay 3
- Gordon Humphrey (NH)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).