Roll Call Vote #258 · 104th Congress · Session 1 · Jun 14, 1995, 9:55 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1270 to S. 652 (Telecommunications Act of 1996)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1270 (To strike the authority of the Federal Communications Commission to preempt State or local regulations that establish barriers to entry for interstate or intrastate telecommunications services.)
Amendment Rejected (44-56)
44 Yea
56 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 50 senators
16 Yea / 34 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
27 Yea / 18 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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Spencer Abraham (Republican–MI) 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 -
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 -
Conrad Burns (Republican–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Campbell (Republican–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Thomas Daschle (Democrat–SD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 -
Lauch Faircloth (Republican–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
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 -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) 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 -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dirk Kempthorne (Republican–ID) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Kerrey (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Connie Mack, III (Republican–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Daniel Moynihan (Democrat–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) 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 -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Paul Simon (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alan Simpson (Republican–WY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Craig Thomas (Republican–WY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 44
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Patty Murray
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Nay 56
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Mitch McConnell
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).