What was the result of Senate roll call vote 234 in the 101st Congress?

The Senate vote on Sep 12, 1990 ended "Motion to Table Failed (45-54)", 45-54. The vote was on: On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2638 to H.R. 5311 (District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991) (H.R. 5311).

How many senators voted yes and no on Senate vote 234?

45 senators voted Yea and 54 voted Nay. 1 senator did not vote.

Which party supported Senate vote 234 in the 101st Congress?

Democrats voted 39-16 and Republicans voted 6-38. 22 senators crossed party lines.

Roll Call Vote #234 · 101st Congress · Session 2 · Sep 12, 1990, 7:05 PM (ET)

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2638 to H.R. 5311 (District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1991) (H.R. 5311)

Amendment S.Amdt. 2638 (To allow organizations in the Nation's Capital to exclude adult homosexuals from certain programs and activities that involve juveniles, and to define "juvenile" as a person who has not attained 18 years of age.)

Motion to Table Failed (45-54)

45 Yea

54 Nay

← Vote #233 Vote #235 →

How the Parties Voted

Democrat 55 senators

39 Yea / 16 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Republican 45 senators

6 Yea / 38 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Crossed Party Lines

Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
David Boren (Democrat–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Dale Bumpers (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Dennis DeConcini (Democrat–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Alan Dixon (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Carl Levin (Democrat–MI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
David Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Richard Shelby (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 45

Nay 54

Not Voting 1

Pete Wilson (CA)

Other Votes on H.R. 5311

Vote #233 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2637 to H.R. 5311 (District of Columbia Appropriations…

Amendment Agreed to (98-0) Sep 12, 1990
Vote #244 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2640 to S.Amdt. 2639 to H.R. 5311 (District of Columbi…

Amendment Agreed to (68-31) Sep 18, 1990

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