Roll Call Vote #138 · 101st Congress · Session 2 · Jun 28, 1990, 9:54 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2096 to S.Amdt. 2095 to S. 1970 (Racial Justice Act of 1989)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2096 (To limit required studies to instances where constitutional violations have been found or suspected.)
Amendment Rejected (44-55)
44 Yea
55 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 54 senators
6 Yea / 48 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Republican 42 senators
36 Yea / 5 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Danforth (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dennis DeConcini (Democrat–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
David Durenberger (Republican–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 44
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Rudy Boschwitz (MN)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Henry Heinz, III (PA)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Gordon Humphrey (NH)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- James McClure (ID)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
- Pete Wilson (CA)
Nay 55
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- James Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
Not Voting 1
- William Armstrong (CO)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).