Roll Call Vote #195 · 101st Congress · Session 2 · Jul 31, 1990, 11:04 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2444 to S.Amdt. 2432 to S. 137 (Senatorial Election Campaign Act of 1989) (S. 137)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2444 (To restrict the use of contributions and of payments and benefits received under title V of FECA to bona fide campaign activities and to require that surplus campaign funds be paid into the Treasury of the United States to aid in reducing the deficit.)
Amendment Rejected (49-49)
49 Yea
49 Nay
Tie votes may be decided by the Vice President; the recorded result above is authoritative.
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 55 senators
11 Yea / 44 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Republican 45 senators
38 Yea / 5 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Joe Biden, Jr. (Democrat–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Daniel Coats (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Danforth (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Kerrey (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Frank Lautenberg (Democrat–NJ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Carl Levin (Democrat–MI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James McClure (Republican–ID) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howard Metzenbaum (Democrat–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Claiborne Pell (Democrat–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Democrat–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 49
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Rudy Boschwitz (MN)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- John Chafee (RI)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- H. John Heinz, III (PA)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Gordon Humphrey (NH)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
- Pete Wilson (CA)
Nay 49
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- James McClure (ID)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Terry Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
Not Voting 2
- William Armstrong (CO)
- Trent Lott (MS)
Other Votes on S. 137
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Vote #188 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2433 to S.Amdt. 2432 to S. 137 (Senatorial Election Ca…Amendment Rejected (46-49) Jul 30, 1990
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Vote #189 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2438 to S.Amdt. 2432 to S. 137 (Senatorial Election Ca…Amendment Rejected (41-59) Jul 31, 1990
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Vote #190 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2439 to S.Amdt. 2432 to S. 137 (Senatorial Election Ca…Amendment Agreed to (57-43) Jul 31, 1990
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Vote #191 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2440 to S.Amdt. 2432 to S. 137 (Senatorial Election Ca…Amendment Agreed to (73-27) Jul 31, 1990
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Vote #192 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2442 to S.Amdt. 2432 to S. 137 (Senatorial Election Ca…Amendment Rejected (41-58) Jul 31, 1990
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Vote #193 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2441 to S.Amdt. 2432 to S. 137 (Senatorial Election Ca…Amendment Agreed to (98-1) Jul 31, 1990
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Vote #194 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2443 to S.Amdt. 2432 to S. 137 (Senatorial Election Ca…Amendment Rejected (38-60) Jul 31, 1990
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Vote #196 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2445 to S.Amdt. 2432 to S. 137 (Senatorial Election Ca…Amendment Agreed to (77-23) Aug 1, 1990
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Vote #197 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2446 to S.Amdt. 2432 to S. 137 (Senatorial Election Ca…Amendment Agreed to (51-49) Aug 1, 1990
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Vote #198 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2447 to S.Amdt. 2432 to S. 137 (Senatorial Election Ca…Amendment Agreed to (59-41) Aug 1, 1990
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).