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Roll Call Vote #161 · 102nd Congress · Session 1 · Jul 30, 1991, 6:57 PM (ET)

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 938 to H.R. 2608 (Departments of Justice and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992)

Amendment S.Amdt. 938 (To provide that no person incarcerated in a federal or state penal institution shall receive any funds appropriated to carry out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.)

Motion to Table Failed (38-60)
38 Yea
60 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Democrat 56 senators

28 Yea / 26 Nay

2 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Republican 40 senators

9 Yea / 31 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Independent 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Independent Democrat 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 38

Nay 60

Not Voting 2

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).