Senate roll call 510 · 101st Congress · Aug 1, 1990
To prohibit expenditures for public financing under the Federal Election Campaign Act unless $100,000,000 is appropriated to carry out programs for pregnant and
On Aug 1, 1990, the Senate voted 59–41 on “On the Amendment” (S 137). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Democrats 15–40, Republicans 44–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 59
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Aug 1, 1990
By party
- Republicans44 yes · 1 no
- Democrats15 yes · 40 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted yes
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted yes
- Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted yes
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- 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
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- 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
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- 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
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-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
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-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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