Roll Call Vote #97 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · Apr 30, 1996, 8:33 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3809 to S.Amdt. 3743 to S. 1664 (Immigration Control and Financial Responsibility Act of 1996)
Amendment S.Amdt. 3809 (To adjust the definition of public charge.)
Amendment Rejected (36-63)
36 Yea
63 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 49 senators
2 Yea / 46 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
30 Yea / 15 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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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Joe Biden, Jr. (Democrat–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Barbara Boxer (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Bryan (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dale Bumpers (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 36
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 63
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- 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)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 1
- William Cohen (ME)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).