Roll Call Vote #243 · 104th Congress · Session 1 · Jun 8, 1995, 2:09 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1261 to S. 652 (Telecommunications Act of 1996)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1261 (To prevent excessive Federal Communications Commission regulatory activities.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (68-31)
68 Yea
31 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 50 senators
24 Yea / 25 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
40 Yea / 5 Nay
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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John Ashcroft (Republican–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Bennett (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kit Bond (Republican–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Breaux (Democrat–LA) 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 -
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Slade Gorton, III (Republican–WA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Rod Grams (Republican–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Inhofe (Republican–OK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Chester Lott (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Frank Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Donald Nickles (Republican–OK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Larry Pressler (Republican–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Fred Thompson (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Thurmond (Republican–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Warner (Republican–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 68
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- 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)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Nay 31
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- William Frist (TN)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
Not Voting 1
- William Cochran (MS)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).