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Roll Call Vote #107 · 101st Congress · Session 2 · May 24, 1990, 11:03 AM (ET)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1690 to S. 1970 (Racial Justice Act of 1989)

Amendment S.Amdt. 1690 (To add a "right vs. wrong" standard to the term mentally retarded.)

Amendment Rejected (38-59)
38 Yea
59 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Democrat 54 senators

6 Yea / 46 Nay

2 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Republican 42 senators

29 Yea / 12 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Independent 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Independent Democrat 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 38

Nay 59

Not Voting 2

Present, Giving Live Pair 1

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