Vote 408

Question: On the Amendment
Bill: H R 4
Vote description: Helms Amendment No. 2523; To require single, able-bodied individuals receiving food stamps to work at least 40 hours every 4 weeks.
Vote type: 1/2 (Help)
A simple majority of those present and voting is required for approval or passage.
Result: Rejected, 32-66, with 2 not voting.
Date/time: September 11, 1995, 6:11 p.m.
Amendment num: S.Amdt. 2523
Republican majority opinion: Yes (Help)
The position of more than 50 percent of voting Republicans. "None" means an equal split between "Yes" and "No."
Democrat majority opinion: No (Help)
The position of more than 50 percent of voting Democrats. "None" means an equal split between "Yes" and "No."

Vote totals

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	Yes	No	Not Voting
Aquarius	Hank Brown, Paul Coverdell, Rod Grams, Judd Gregg, John Warner	Conrad Burns, Herb Kohl, Frank Lautenberg, Paul Sarbanes, Arlen Specter, Craig Thomas
Aries	Frank Murkowski, Larry Pressler, Robert Smith	Ben Campbell, Orrin Hatch, Patrick Leahy, Richard Lugar
Cancer	Larry Craig, Bob Dole, Kay Bailey Hutchison, William Roth	Richard Bryan, Dianne Feinstein, John Glenn, Mark Hatfield, Carl Levin, Barbara Mikulski, Chuck Robb, Paul Wellstone	Phil Gramm
Capricorn	Lauch Faircloth, Slade Gorton	Mike DeWine, Fritz Hollings
Gemini	Spencer Abraham	Chris Dodd, Howell Heflin, Bennett Johnston, Jay Rockefeller
Leo	Fred Thompson	Bill Bradley, Dale Bumpers, Alfonse D'amato, Jim Exon, Nancy Kassebaum, Carol Moseley Braun
Libra	Jesse Helms, Trent Lott	Jeff Bingaman, John Chafee, Patty Murray
Pisces	Bill Frist, Mitch McConnell	Kit Bond, John Breaux, Kent Conrad, Russ Feingold, Edward Kennedy, Joseph Lieberman, Daniel Moynihan, Olympia Snowe
Sagittarius	Donald Nickles, Strom Thurmond	Max Baucus, Thad Cochran, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, Claiborne Pell, Harry Reid, Paul Simon
Scorpio	James Inhofe, Dirk Kempthorne, Connie Mack, Ted Stevens	Joe Biden, Barbara Boxer, Robert Byrd, Bob Graham, Tom Harkin
Taurus	Dan Coats, Jon Kyl, Rick Santorum, Richard Shelby	John Ashcroft, Pete Domenici, Byron Dorgan, James Jeffords
Virgo	Chuck Grassley, John McCain	Daniel Akaka, Bob Bennett, William Cohen, Wendell Ford, Daniel Inouye, Bob Kerrey, Sam Nunn, Robert Packwood, David Pryor	Alan Simpson

	Yes	No	Not Voting
Female	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, Nancy Kassebaum, Barbara Mikulski, Carol Moseley Braun, Patty Murray, Olympia Snowe
Male	Spencer Abraham, Hank Brown, Dan Coats, Paul Coverdell, Larry Craig, Bob Dole, Lauch Faircloth, Bill Frist, Slade Gorton, Rod Grams, Chuck Grassley, Judd Gregg, Jesse Helms, James Inhofe, Dirk Kempthorne, Jon Kyl, Trent Lott, Connie Mack, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Frank Murkowski, Donald Nickles, Larry Pressler, William Roth, Rick Santorum, Richard Shelby, Robert Smith, Ted Stevens, Fred Thompson, Strom Thurmond, John Warner	Daniel Akaka, John Ashcroft, Max Baucus, Bob Bennett, Joe Biden, Jeff Bingaman, Kit Bond, Bill Bradley, John Breaux, Richard Bryan, Dale Bumpers, Conrad Burns, Robert Byrd, Ben Campbell, John Chafee, Thad Cochran, William Cohen, Kent Conrad, Tom Daschle, Mike DeWine, Chris Dodd, Pete Domenici, Byron Dorgan, Alfonse D'amato, Jim Exon, Russ Feingold, Wendell Ford, John Glenn, Bob Graham, Tom Harkin, Orrin Hatch, Mark Hatfield, Howell Heflin, Fritz Hollings, Daniel Inouye, James Jeffords, Bennett Johnston, Edward Kennedy, Bob Kerrey, John Kerry, Herb Kohl, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Carl Levin, Joseph Lieberman, Richard Lugar, Daniel Moynihan, Sam Nunn, Robert Packwood, Claiborne Pell, David Pryor, Harry Reid, Chuck Robb, Jay Rockefeller, Paul Sarbanes, Paul Simon, Arlen Specter, Craig Thomas, Paul Wellstone	Phil Gramm, Alan Simpson

	Yes	No	Not Voting
Midwest	Spencer Abraham, Dan Coats, Bob Dole, Rod Grams, Chuck Grassley, Larry Pressler	John Ashcroft, Kit Bond, Kent Conrad, Tom Daschle, Mike DeWine, Byron Dorgan, Jim Exon, Russ Feingold, John Glenn, Tom Harkin, Nancy Kassebaum, Bob Kerrey, Herb Kohl, Carl Levin, Richard Lugar, Carol Moseley Braun, Paul Simon, Paul Wellstone
Northeast	Judd Gregg, Rick Santorum, Robert Smith	Bill Bradley, John Chafee, William Cohen, Chris Dodd, Alfonse D'amato, James Jeffords, Edward Kennedy, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Joseph Lieberman, Daniel Moynihan, Claiborne Pell, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter
South	Paul Coverdell, Lauch Faircloth, Bill Frist, Jesse Helms, Kay Bailey Hutchison, James Inhofe, Trent Lott, Connie Mack, Mitch McConnell, Donald Nickles, William Roth, Richard Shelby, Fred Thompson, Strom Thurmond, John Warner	Joe Biden, John Breaux, Dale Bumpers, Robert Byrd, Thad Cochran, Wendell Ford, Bob Graham, Howell Heflin, Fritz Hollings, Bennett Johnston, Barbara Mikulski, Sam Nunn, David Pryor, Chuck Robb, Jay Rockefeller, Paul Sarbanes	Phil Gramm
West	Hank Brown, Larry Craig, Slade Gorton, Dirk Kempthorne, Jon Kyl, John McCain, Frank Murkowski, Ted Stevens	Daniel Akaka, Max Baucus, Bob Bennett, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Richard Bryan, Conrad Burns, Ben Campbell, Pete Domenici, Dianne Feinstein, Orrin Hatch, Mark Hatfield, Daniel Inouye, Patty Murray, Robert Packwood, Harry Reid, Craig Thomas	Alan Simpson

	Yes	No	Not Voting
None	Spencer Abraham, Hank Brown, Dan Coats, Paul Coverdell, Bob Dole, Lauch Faircloth, Slade Gorton, Rod Grams, Jesse Helms, Dirk Kempthorne, Connie Mack, Frank Murkowski, Donald Nickles, Larry Pressler, William Roth, Robert Smith, Fred Thompson, Strom Thurmond	John Ashcroft, Bill Bradley, John Breaux, Richard Bryan, Dale Bumpers, Ben Campbell, John Chafee, William Cohen, Tom Daschle, Alfonse D'amato, Jim Exon, Wendell Ford, John Glenn, Bob Graham, Mark Hatfield, Howell Heflin, Fritz Hollings, Bennett Johnston, Nancy Kassebaum, Bob Kerrey, Carol Moseley Braun, Daniel Moynihan, Sam Nunn, Robert Packwood, Claiborne Pell, David Pryor, Chuck Robb, Paul Simon, Paul Wellstone	Phil Gramm, Alan Simpson
2006	Bill Frist, Rick Santorum	Conrad Burns, Mike DeWine, James Jeffords, Paul Sarbanes
2008	Larry Craig, James Inhofe, Mitch McConnell, Ted Stevens, John Warner	Max Baucus, Joe Biden, Thad Cochran, Pete Domenici, Tom Harkin, John Kerry, Frank Lautenberg, Carl Levin, Jay Rockefeller
2010	Chuck Grassley, Judd Gregg, John McCain, Richard Shelby	Bob Bennett, Kit Bond, Barbara Boxer, Chris Dodd, Byron Dorgan, Russ Feingold, Daniel Inouye, Patrick Leahy, Barbara Mikulski, Patty Murray, Harry Reid, Arlen Specter
2012	Kay Bailey Hutchison, Jon Kyl, Trent Lott	Daniel Akaka, Jeff Bingaman, Robert Byrd, Kent Conrad, Dianne Feinstein, Orrin Hatch, Edward Kennedy, Herb Kohl, Joseph Lieberman, Richard Lugar, Olympia Snowe, Craig Thomas

	Yes	No	Not Voting
Alabama	Richard Shelby	Howell Heflin
Alaska	Frank Murkowski, Ted Stevens
Arizona	Jon Kyl, John McCain
Arkansas		Dale Bumpers, David Pryor
California		Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein
Colorado	Hank Brown	Ben Campbell
Connecticut		Chris Dodd, Joseph Lieberman
Delaware	William Roth	Joe Biden
Florida	Connie Mack	Bob Graham
Georgia	Paul Coverdell	Sam Nunn
Hawaii		Daniel Akaka, Daniel Inouye
Idaho	Larry Craig, Dirk Kempthorne
Illinois		Carol Moseley Braun, Paul Simon
Indiana	Dan Coats	Richard Lugar
Iowa	Chuck Grassley	Tom Harkin
Kansas	Bob Dole	Nancy Kassebaum
Kentucky	Mitch McConnell	Wendell Ford
Louisiana		John Breaux, Bennett Johnston
Maine		William Cohen, Olympia Snowe
Maryland		Barbara Mikulski, Paul Sarbanes
Massachusetts		Edward Kennedy, John Kerry
Michigan	Spencer Abraham	Carl Levin
Minnesota	Rod Grams	Paul Wellstone
Mississippi	Trent Lott	Thad Cochran
Missouri		John Ashcroft, Kit Bond
Montana		Max Baucus, Conrad Burns
Nebraska		Jim Exon, Bob Kerrey
Nevada		Richard Bryan, Harry Reid
New Hampshire	Judd Gregg, Robert Smith
New Jersey		Bill Bradley, Frank Lautenberg
New Mexico		Jeff Bingaman, Pete Domenici
New York		Alfonse D'amato, Daniel Moynihan
North Carolina	Lauch Faircloth, Jesse Helms
North Dakota		Kent Conrad, Byron Dorgan
Ohio		Mike DeWine, John Glenn
Oklahoma	James Inhofe, Donald Nickles
Oregon		Mark Hatfield, Robert Packwood
Pennsylvania	Rick Santorum	Arlen Specter
Rhode Island		John Chafee, Claiborne Pell
South Carolina	Strom Thurmond	Fritz Hollings
South Dakota	Larry Pressler	Tom Daschle
Tennessee	Bill Frist, Fred Thompson
Texas	Kay Bailey Hutchison		Phil Gramm
Utah		Bob Bennett, Orrin Hatch
Vermont		James Jeffords, Patrick Leahy
Virginia	John Warner	Chuck Robb
Washington	Slade Gorton	Patty Murray
West Virginia		Robert Byrd, Jay Rockefeller
Wisconsin		Russ Feingold, Herb Kohl
Wyoming		Craig Thomas	Alan Simpson

	Yes	No	Not Voting
Baby boomer	Spencer Abraham, Bill Frist, Rod Grams, Judd Gregg, Dirk Kempthorne, Donald Nickles, Rick Santorum	Kent Conrad, Tom Daschle, Mike DeWine, Russ Feingold, Carol Moseley Braun, Patty Murray, Olympia Snowe
Pre-boomer	Hank Brown, Dan Coats, Paul Coverdell, Larry Craig, Bob Dole, Lauch Faircloth, Slade Gorton, Chuck Grassley, Jesse Helms, Kay Bailey Hutchison, James Inhofe, Jon Kyl, Trent Lott, Connie Mack, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Frank Murkowski, Larry Pressler, William Roth, Richard Shelby, Robert Smith, Ted Stevens, Fred Thompson, Strom Thurmond, John Warner	Daniel Akaka, John Ashcroft, Max Baucus, Bob Bennett, Joe Biden, Jeff Bingaman, Kit Bond, Barbara Boxer, Bill Bradley, John Breaux, Richard Bryan, Dale Bumpers, Conrad Burns, Robert Byrd, Ben Campbell, John Chafee, Thad Cochran, William Cohen, Chris Dodd, Pete Domenici, Byron Dorgan, Alfonse D'amato, Jim Exon, Dianne Feinstein, Wendell Ford, John Glenn, Bob Graham, Tom Harkin, Orrin Hatch, Mark Hatfield, Howell Heflin, Fritz Hollings, Daniel Inouye, James Jeffords, Bennett Johnston, Nancy Kassebaum, Edward Kennedy, Bob Kerrey, John Kerry, Herb Kohl, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Carl Levin, Joseph Lieberman, Richard Lugar, Barbara Mikulski, Daniel Moynihan, Sam Nunn, Robert Packwood, Claiborne Pell, David Pryor, Harry Reid, Chuck Robb, Jay Rockefeller, Paul Sarbanes, Paul Simon, Arlen Specter, Craig Thomas, Paul Wellstone	Phil Gramm, Alan Simpson

	Yes	No	Not Voting
Democratic		Daniel Akaka, Max Baucus, Joe Biden, Jeff Bingaman, Barbara Boxer, Bill Bradley, John Breaux, Richard Bryan, Dale Bumpers, Robert Byrd, Kent Conrad, Tom Daschle, Chris Dodd, Byron Dorgan, Jim Exon, Russ Feingold, Dianne Feinstein, Wendell Ford, John Glenn, Bob Graham, Tom Harkin, Howell Heflin, Fritz Hollings, Daniel Inouye, Bennett Johnston, Edward Kennedy, Bob Kerrey, John Kerry, Herb Kohl, Frank Lautenberg, Patrick Leahy, Carl Levin, Joseph Lieberman, Barbara Mikulski, Carol Moseley Braun, Daniel Moynihan, Patty Murray, Sam Nunn, Claiborne Pell, David Pryor, Harry Reid, Chuck Robb, Jay Rockefeller, Paul Sarbanes, Paul Simon, Paul Wellstone
Republican	Spencer Abraham, Hank Brown, Dan Coats, Paul Coverdell, Larry Craig, Bob Dole, Lauch Faircloth, Bill Frist, Slade Gorton, Rod Grams, Chuck Grassley, Judd Gregg, Jesse Helms, Kay Bailey Hutchison, James Inhofe, Dirk Kempthorne, Jon Kyl, Trent Lott, Connie Mack, John McCain, Mitch McConnell, Frank Murkowski, Donald Nickles, Larry Pressler, William Roth, Rick Santorum, Richard Shelby, Robert Smith, Ted Stevens, Fred Thompson, Strom Thurmond, John Warner	John Ashcroft, Bob Bennett, Kit Bond, Conrad Burns, Ben Campbell, John Chafee, Thad Cochran, William Cohen, Mike DeWine, Pete Domenici, Alfonse D'amato, Orrin Hatch, Mark Hatfield, James Jeffords, Nancy Kassebaum, Richard Lugar, Robert Packwood, Olympia Snowe, Arlen Specter, Craig Thomas	Phil Gramm, Alan Simpson