Roll Call Vote #134 · 101st Congress · Session 2 · Jun 28, 1990, 5:05 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2084 to S. 1970 (Racial Justice Act of 1989)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2084 (To protect the public safety by imposing minimum, mandatory prison sentences for firearm violations, other violent crimes, and drug crimes.)
Amendment Agreed to (87-12)
87 Yea
12 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 54 senators
46 Yea / 8 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 42 senators
37 Yea / 4 Nay
1 not voting or present
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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Daniel Akaka (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alan Cranston (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Danforth (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Durenberger (Republican–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ted Kennedy (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howard Metzenbaum (Democrat–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Claiborne Pell (Democrat–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 87
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- 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)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- 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)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Henry Heinz, III (PA)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Gordon Humphrey (NH)
- 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)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- 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)
- 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 12
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- John Danforth (MO)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
Not Voting 1
- William Armstrong (CO)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).