To eliminate funding for the Special Committee on Aging and to abolish the committee.

On Feb 24, 1993, the Senate voted 30–68 on “On the Amendment” (SRES 71). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 5–51, Republicans 25–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 members voted against their own party.

During the 103rd Congress (1993–1994), Bill Clinton was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Amendment Rejected
Yes: 30
No: 68
Did not vote: 4
Date: Feb 24, 1993

By party

Republicans25 yes · 17 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 51 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted yes
Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID voted no
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
Conrad Burns R-MT voted no
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
Richard H Bryan D-NV voted yes
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Richard C. Shelby D-AL
Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
John Claggett Danforth R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Richard H Bryan D-NV
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
John William Warner R-VA
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Malcolm Wallop R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To eliminate funding for the Special…: Senate Vote, Feb 24, 1993,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/103-S-17/to-eliminate-funding-for-the-special-committee-on-aging (accessed 2026-10-17).