Roll Call Vote #64 · 102nd Congress · Session 1 · May 17, 1991, 11:56 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 245 to S.Amdt. 242 to S. 3 (House of Representatives Campaign Spending Limit and Election Reform Act of 1991)
Amendment S.Amdt. 245 (To require that candidates for President and Vice President receiving public benefits participate in public debates or forums.)
Amendment Agreed to (44-43)
44 Yea
43 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
40 Yea / 10 Nay
6 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 40 senators
3 Yea / 30 Nay
7 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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David Boren (Democrat–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Hank Brown (Republican–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alan Cranston (Democrat–CA) 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 -
John Glenn, Jr. (Democrat–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ted Kennedy (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howard Metzenbaum (Democrat–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
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
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 44
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- 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)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Nay 43
- Kit Bond (MO)
- David Boren (OK)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 13
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- John Danforth (MO)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- David Pryor (AR)
- John Seymour (CA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).