Roll Call Vote #220 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 23, 1996, 11:59 AM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4930 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996) (S. 1956)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4930 (To strengthen food stamp work requirements.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (56-43)
56 Yea
43 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 53 senators
13 Yea / 39 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 47 senators
43 Yea / 4 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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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 -
Richard Bryan (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) 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 -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Connie Mack, III (Republican–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ron Wyden (Democrat–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 56
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- 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)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- 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)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- 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)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Nay 43
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Sheila Frahm (KS)
- William Frist (TN)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 1
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
Other Votes on S. 1956
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Vote #201 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4897 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportu…Amendment Rejected (46-53) Jul 18, 1996
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Vote #204 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4902 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportu…Amendment Agreed to (96-0) Jul 18, 1996
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Vote #206 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4911 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportu…Amendment Rejected (21-77) Jul 19, 1996
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Vote #211 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4921 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work O…Motion to Table Agreed to (62-34) Jul 19, 1996
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Vote #213 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4916 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work O…Motion to Table Agreed to (56-43) Jul 23, 1996
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Vote #214 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4927 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportu…Amendment Agreed to (99-0) Jul 23, 1996
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Vote #216 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4933 to S.Amdt. 4931 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibili…Amendment Agreed to (97-2) Jul 23, 1996
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Vote #217 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4932 to S.Amdt. 4931 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibili…Amendment Rejected (31-68) Jul 23, 1996
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Vote #218 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4934 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportu…Amendment Agreed to (53-45) Jul 23, 1996
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Vote #222 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4936 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportu…Amendment Rejected (37-60) Jul 23, 1996
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).