A bill making dire emergency supplemental appropriations and transfers, urgent supplementals and correcting enrollment errors for the fiscal year ending Septemb

On Jun 1, 1989, the Senate voted 61–29 on “On the Motion to Table the Motion to Recommit” (HR 2072). Result: Motion to Table Motion to Recommit Agree. By party: Democrats 41–10, Republicans 20–19. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 29 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 Motion to Recommit Agree
Yes: 61
No: 29
Did not vote: 11
Date: Jun 1, 1989

By party

Republicans20 yes · 19 no · 6 didn’t vote
Democrats41 yes · 10 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
Pete Wilson R-CA voted no
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
Connie Mack III R-FL voted no
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted no
Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
Conrad Burns R-MT voted no
Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
Richard H Bryan D-NV voted no
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY 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
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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