Roll Call Vote #431 · 104th Congress · Session 1 · Sep 15, 1995, 10:41 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2505 to S.Amdt. 2280 to H.R. 4 (Personal Responsibility Act of 1995) (H.R. 4)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2505 (To express the sense of the Senate regarding continuing medicaid coverage for individuals who lose eligibility for welfare benefits because of more earnings or hours of employment.)
Amendment Rejected (49-51)
49 Yea
51 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 54 senators
3 Yea / 51 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 46 senators
46 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 49
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- 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)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- 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)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Nay 51
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Other Votes on H.R. 4
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Vote #400 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2282 to S.Amdt. 2280 to H.R. 4 (Personal Responsibilit…Amendment Rejected (45-54) Sep 7, 1995
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Vote #401 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2465 to S.Amdt. 2280 to H.R. 4 (Personal Responsibilit…Amendment Agreed to (92-6) Sep 8, 1995
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Vote #402 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2477 to S.Amdt. 2280 to H.R. 4 (Personal Responsibilit…Amendment Agreed to (91-6) Sep 8, 1995
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Vote #403 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2466 to S.Amdt. 2280 to H.R. 4 (Personal Responsibilit…Amendment Rejected (41-56) Sep 8, 1995
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Vote #404 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2508 to S.Amdt. 2280 to H.R. 4 (Personal Responsibilit…Amendment Agreed to (87-5) Sep 8, 1995
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Vote #405 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2482 to S.Amdt. 2280 to H.R. 4 (Personal Responsibilit…Amendment Agreed to (91-0) Sep 8, 1995
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Vote #406 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2560 to S.Amdt. 2280 to H.R. 4 (Personal Respons…Motion to Table Agreed to (50-48) Sep 11, 1995
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Vote #407 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2522 to S.Amdt. 2280 to H.R. 4 (Personal Responsibilit…Amendment Agreed to (76-22) Sep 11, 1995
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Vote #408 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2523 to S.Amdt. 2280 to H.R. 4 (Personal Responsibilit…Amendment Rejected (32-66) Sep 11, 1995
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Vote #409 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2529 to S.Amdt. 2280 to H.R. 4 (Personal Responsibilit…Amendment Rejected (44-54) Sep 12, 1995
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).