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Roll Call Vote #225 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 23, 1996, 3:09 PM (ET)

On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4942 to S.Amdt. 4941 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996)

Amendment S.Amdt. 4942 (To provide that a family may not receive TANF assistance for more than 24 consecutive months at a time unless an adult in the family is working or a State exempts an adult in the family from working for reasons of hardship.)

Amendment Rejected (37-62)
37 Yea
62 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Republican 49 senators

34 Yea / 14 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Democrat 45 senators

1 Yea / 44 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

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 37

Nay 62

Not Voting 1

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).