Roll Call Vote #236 · 103rd Congress · Session 2 · Jul 27, 1994, 6:19 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2416 to S.Amdt. 2415 to S. 1513 (Improving America's Schools Act of 1993)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2416 (To prohibit funds to any State or local educational agency which has a policy of denying constitutionally protected prayer in public schools by individuals on a voluntary basis.)
Amendment Rejected (47-53)
47 Yea
53 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 53 senators
11 Yea / 42 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Republican 42 senators
34 Yea / 8 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
David Boren (Democrat–OK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Campbell (Republican–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Danforth (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Durenberger (Republican–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) 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 -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harlan Mathews (Democrat–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Sasser (Democrat–TN) 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 47
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- David Boren (OK)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Harlan Mathews (TN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Nay 53
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).