Senate roll call 76 · 101st Congress · Jun 1, 1989
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the tax on cigarettes, distilled spirits, wines, and beer, and to appropriate the resulting revenues to f
On Jun 1, 1989, the Senate voted 71–20 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 2072). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Democrats 38–14, Republicans 33–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 71
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Jun 1, 1989
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats38 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- 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
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats 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
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger 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
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- 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
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- 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
- 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
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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