Roll Call Vote #222 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 23, 1996, 2:05 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4936 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996) (S. 1956)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4936 (To modify the formula for determining a State family assistance grant to include the number of children in poverty residing in a State.)
Amendment Rejected (37-60)
37 Yea
60 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 53 senators
10 Yea / 41 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 47 senators
27 Yea / 19 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Barbara Boxer (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bill Bradley (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Coats (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lauch Faircloth (Republican–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Sheila Frahm (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Glenn, Jr. (Democrat–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jesse Helms (Republican–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ted Kennedy (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Kerry (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Frank Lautenberg (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Carl Levin (Democrat–MI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
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 -
Mitch McConnell (Republican–KY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Barbara Mikulski (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Moynihan (Democrat–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Patty Murray (Democrat–WA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Larry Pressler (Republican–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Paul Sarbanes (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Warner (Republican–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Paul Wellstone (Democrat–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ron Wyden (Democrat–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 37
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Sheila Frahm (KS)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 60
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- 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)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 3
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
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 #220 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4930 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work O…Motion to Table Agreed to (56-43) Jul 23, 1996
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).