Senate roll call 490 · 101st Congress · Jul 27, 1990
To prohibit U.S. financial institutions, whose deposits are insured by the United States taxpayer, from extending credit to the Soviet Union at interest rates b
On Jul 27, 1990, the Senate voted 64–32 on “On the Amendment” (S 2830). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Democrats 25–29, Republicans 40–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- Amendment Agreed to
- Yes
- 64
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Jul 27, 1990
By party
- Republicans40 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats25 yes · 29 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted yes
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted yes
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted yes
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
- Harry Reid D-NV voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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