Roll Call Vote #82 · 101st Congress · Session 2 · May 8, 1990, 12:44 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1587 to S. 135 (Hatch Act Reform Amendments of 1989)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1587 (To delay the effective date of the Act until bans on PAC contributions and soft money are enacted.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (61-36)
61 Yea
36 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 53 senators
52 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 42 senators
7 Yea / 33 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
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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Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
David Durenberger (Republican–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Kasten, Jr. (Republican–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Warner (Republican–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 61
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- 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)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- 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)
- 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)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- John Warner (VA)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
Nay 36
- William Armstrong (CO)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Rudy Boschwitz (MN)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Henry Heinz, III (PA)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Gordon Humphrey (NH)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- James McClure (ID)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
Not Voting 2
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Pete Wilson (CA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).