Roll Call Vote #250 · 103rd Congress · Session 1 · Sep 9, 1993, 12:45 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 783 to S. 1298 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994)
Amendment S.Amdt. 783 (To express the sense of Congress concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces.)
Amendment Rejected (33-63)
33 Yea
63 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 53 senators
27 Yea / 25 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 42 senators
3 Yea / 36 Nay
3 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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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 -
Richard Bryan (Democrat–NV) 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 -
Ben Campbell (Republican–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Thomas Daschle (Democrat–SD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) 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 -
John Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harlan Mathews (Democrat–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
George Mitchell (Democrat–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Sasser (Democrat–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harris Wofford (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 33
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Nay 63
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- David Boren (OK)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Harlan Mathews (TN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Not Voting 4
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).