Roll Call Vote #74 · 102nd Congress · Session 1 · May 22, 1991, 5:49 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 259 to S.Amdt. 242 to S. 3 (House of Representatives Campaign Spending Limit and Election Reform Act of 1991) (S. 3)
Amendment S.Amdt. 259 (To provide for a system of public funding for general elections for the United States Senate.)
Amendment Rejected (39-58)
39 Yea
58 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 57 senators
39 Yea / 16 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 43 senators
0 Yea / 42 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Bryan (Democrat–NV) 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 -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Kerrey (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) 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 -
Charles Robb (Democrat–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 39
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Terry Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Nay 58
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- John Seymour (CA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 3
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
Other Votes on S. 3
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Vote #63 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 244 to S.Amdt. 242 to S. 3 (House of Representatives C…Amendment Agreed to (50-44) May 16, 1991
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Vote #64 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 245 to S.Amdt. 242 to S. 3 (House of Representatives C…Amendment Agreed to (44-43) May 17, 1991
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Vote #65 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 246 to S.Amdt. 242 to S. 3 (House of Representatives C…Amendment Agreed to (72-24) May 21, 1991
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Vote #66 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 249 to S.Amdt. 242 to S. 3 (House of Representatives C…Amendment Agreed to (49-46) May 21, 1991
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Vote #67 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 251 to S.Amdt. 250 to S.Amdt. 242 to S. 3Motion to Table Failed (35-60) May 21, 1991
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Vote #68 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 252 to S.Amdt. 242 to S. 3 (House of Representatives C…Amendment Rejected (42-56) May 22, 1991
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Vote #69 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 255 to S.Amdt. 254 to S.Amdt. 242 to S. 3Motion to Table Agreed to (68-30) May 22, 1991
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Vote #70 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 254 to S.Amdt. 242 to S. 3 (House of Representat…Motion to Table Agreed to (54-44) May 22, 1991
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Vote #71 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 256 to S.Amdt. 242 to S. 3 (House of Representat…Motion to Table Agreed to (60-38) May 22, 1991
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Vote #72 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 257 to S.Amdt. 242 to S. 3 (House of Representat…Motion to Table Agreed to (57-41) May 22, 1991
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).