Senate roll call 457 · 101st Congress · Jul 10, 1990
To provide a private right of actions in the appropriate Federal District Court for employees of the Congress of the United States.
On Jul 10, 1990, the Senate voted 63–26 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 2104). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Democrats 42–6, Republicans 21–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 27 members voted against their own party.
During the 101st Congress (1989–1990), George H. W. Bush was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Motion to Table Agreed to
- Yes
- 63
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Jul 10, 1990
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 21 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats42 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- Connie Mack III R-FL voted no
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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