Roll Call Vote #408 · 104th Congress · Session 1 · Sep 11, 1995, 6:11 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2523 to S.Amdt. 2280 to H.R. 4 (Personal Responsibility Act of 1995)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2523 (To require single, able-bodied individuals receiving food stamps to work at least 40 hours every 4 weeks.)
Amendment Rejected (32-66)
32 Yea
66 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 50 senators
30 Yea / 18 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
0 Yea / 45 Nay
Majority position: Nay
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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John Ashcroft (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Bennett (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kit Bond (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Conrad Burns (Republican–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
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 Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Craig Thomas (Republican–WY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 32
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 66
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- 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)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- 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)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Not Voting 2
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).