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National

Key Vote
(How all members voted)

Welfare Reform Act of 1996



Key Votes:
HR 3734
  H Amdt 1307: Food Stamp Recipient Amendment

Issues: Family and Children Issues, Welfare and Poverty
Date: 07/23/1996
Sponsor: Rep. Kasich, John (R-OH) (out of office)



Record Vote Number 232

Bill Passed
(Senate)

How members voted
(74 - 24)

AKJrSen. Frank Murkowski (out of office)Y
AKSrSen. Ted Stevens (out of office)RepublicanY
ALSrSen. Howell Heflin (out of office)DemocraticY
ALSrSen. Richard Shelby RepublicanY
ARJrSen. David Pryor (out of office)DemocraticN
ARSrSen. Dale Bumpers (out of office)DemocraticN
AZJrSen. Jon Kyl RepublicanY
AZSrSen. John McCain IIIRepublicanY
CAJrSen. Barbara Boxer DemocraticN
CASrSen. Dianne Feinstein DemocraticN
COJrSen. Ben Campbell (out of office)DemocraticY
COSrSen. Hank Brown (out of office)RepublicanY
CTJrSen. Joseph Lieberman Independent DemocratY
CTSrSen. Christopher Dodd DemocraticN
DESrSen. Joseph Biden Jr. (out of office)DemocraticY
DESrSen. William Roth Jr. (out of office)RepublicanY
FLJrSen. Daniel Graham (out of office)N
FLJrSen. Connie Mack (out of office)RepublicanY
GASrSen. Paul Coverdell (out of office)RepublicanY
GASrSen. Sam Nunn (out of office)DemocraticY
HIJrSen. Daniel Akaka Sr.DemocraticN
HISrSen. Daniel Inouye DemocraticNV
IAJrSen. Thomas Harkin DemocraticY
IASrSen. Charles Grassley RepublicanY
IDJrSen. Dirk Kempthorne (out of office)RepublicanY
IDSrSen. Larry Craig (out of office)RepublicanY
ILJrSen. Carol Moseley Braun (out of office)N
ILSrSen. Paul Simon (out of office)DemocraticN
INJrSen. Daniel Coats (out of office)RepublicanY
INSrSen. Richard Lugar RepublicanY
KSJrSen. Sheila Frahm (out of office)RepublicanY
KSSrSen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum (out of office)RepublicanNV
KYSrSen. Wendell Ford (out of office)DemocraticY
KYSrSen. Mitch McConnell RepublicanY
LAJrSen. John Breaux (out of office)DemocraticY
LASrSen. J. Bennett Johnston (out of office)DemocraticY
MASrSen. Edward Kennedy Sr. (out of office)DemocraticN
MASrSen. John Kerry DemocraticY
MDSrSen. Barbara Mikulski DemocraticN
MDSrSen. Paul Sarbanes (out of office)DemocraticN
MESrSen. William Cohen (out of office)RepublicanY
MESrSen. Olympia Snowe RepublicanY
MIJrSen. Edmond Spencer Abraham (out of office)Y
MISrSen. Carl Levin DemocraticY
MNJrSen. Rodney Grams (out of office)RepublicanY
MNSrSen. Paul Wellstone (out of office)Democratic/Farmer/LaborN
MOJrSen. John Ashcroft (out of office)Y
MOSrSen. Christopher Bond RepublicanY
MSJrSen. Chester Lott Sr. (out of office)RepublicanY
MSSrSen. Thad Cochran RepublicanY
MTJrSen. Conrad Burns (out of office)RepublicanY
MTSrSen. Max Baucus DemocraticY
NCJrSen. Duncan McLauchlin Faircloth (out of office)RepublicanN
NCSrSen. Jesse Helms (out of office)RepublicanY
NDJrSen. Byron Dorgan Democratic-NPLY
NDSrSen. Kent Conrad Democratic-NPLY
NESrSen. J. Robert Kerrey (out of office)DemocraticN
NESrSen. Jim Exon (out of office)DemocraticY
NHSrSen. Judd Gregg RepublicanY
NHSrSen. Robert Smith (out of office)RepublicanY
NJJrSen. Bill Bradley (out of office)N
NJSrSen. Frank Lautenberg (out of office)DemocraticN
NMSrSen. Jeff Bingaman DemocraticN
NMSrSen. Pete Domenici (out of office)RepublicanY
NVJrSen. Richard Bryan (out of office)DemocraticY
NVSrSen. Harry Reid DemocraticY
NYJrSen. Alfonse D'Amato (out of office)RepublicanY
NYSrSen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (out of office)DemocraticN
OHSrSen. John Glenn (out of office)DemocraticN
OHSrSen. Michael DeWine (out of office)RepublicanY
OKJrSen. Don Nickles (out of office)Y
OKSrSen. James Inhofe RepublicanY
ORSrSen. Mark Hatfield (out of office)RepublicanY
ORSrSen. Ron Wyden DemocraticY
PAJrSen. Richard Santorum (out of office)RepublicanY
PASrSen. Arlen Specter DemocraticY
RISrSen. Claiborne Pell (out of office)DemocraticN
RISrSen. John Chafee (out of office)RepublicanY
SCJrSen. Ernest Hollings (out of office)Y
SCSrSen. Strom Thurmond (out of office)RepublicanY
SDJrSen. Thomas Daschle (out of office)N
SDJrSen. Larry Pressler (out of office)Y
TNSrSen. William Frist (out of office)RepublicanY
TNSrSen. Fred Thompson (out of office)RepublicanY
TXJrSen. William Phillip Gramm (out of office)Y
TXSrSen. Kay Hutchison RepublicanY
UTJrSen. Robert Bennett RepublicanY
UTSrSen. Orrin Hatch RepublicanY
VAJrSen. Charles Robb (out of office)DemocraticY
VASrSen. John Warner (out of office)RepublicanY
VTJrSen. James Merrill Jeffords (out of office)IndependentY
VTSrSen. Patrick Leahy DemocraticN
WASrSen. Patty Murray DemocraticN
WASrSen. Slade Gorton (out of office)RepublicanY
WIJrSen. Russell Feingold DemocraticY
WISrSen. Herbert Kohl DemocraticY
WVJrSen. John Rockefeller IVDemocraticY
WVSrSen. Robert Byrd DemocraticY
WYSrSen. Alan Simpson (out of office)RepublicanY
WYSrSen. Craig Thomas (out of office)RepublicanY
Vote Key
Y
N
NV
PY
PN
G
NG

Yea
Nay
Not Voting, Excused, Absent, or Present
Pair Yea
Pair Nay
Guilty
Not Guilty

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