Roll Call Vote #226 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 23, 1996, 3:31 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4952 to S. 1956 (Personal Responsibility, Work Opportunity and Medicaid Restructuring Act of 1996) (S. 1956)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4952 (To strike additional penalties for consecutive failure to satisfy minimum participation rates.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (56-43)
56 Yea
43 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 53 senators
51 Yea / 1 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 47 senators
5 Yea / 42 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Bill Bradley (Democrat–NJ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 56
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Sheila Frahm (KS)
- 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)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- 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)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- 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)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 43
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- 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)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- 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 #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 ↗).