Roll Call Vote #133 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · May 22, 1996, 1:31 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4030 to S.Amdt. 4000 to S.Con.Res. 57 (No short title on file)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4030 (To express the sense of the Congress that States should be allowed to require welfare recipients to stay drug-free as a condition for receiving welfare benefits from the taxpayers.)
Amendment Agreed to (92-8)
92 Yea
8 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 49 senators
48 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
38 Yea / 7 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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Daniel Akaka (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ted Kennedy (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Kerrey (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Paul Simon (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 92
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- 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)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- William Frist (TN)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- 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)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 8
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Paul Simon (IL)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).