Roll Call Vote #338 · 103rd Congress · Session 1 · Oct 27, 1993, 9:46 PM (ET)
On the Motion (motion to waive C.B.A. mccain amdt no. 1088)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1088 (To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the earnings test for individuals who have attained retirement age.)
Motion Rejected (46-51, 3/5 majority required)
46 Yea
51 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 53 senators
8 Yea / 45 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Republican 42 senators
34 Yea / 5 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
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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Richard Bryan (Democrat–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Paul Coverdell (Republican–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dennis DeConcini (Democrat–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Frank Lautenberg (Democrat–NJ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Alan Simpson (Republican–WY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Harris Wofford (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 46
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Nay 51
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Harlan Mathews (TN)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Not Voting 3
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- David Durenberger (MN)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).