Telecommunications Competition/Deregulation Act: Passage of S. 652
Vote No. 268: June 15, 1995
Telecommunications Competition/Deregulation Act: By 81 yeas to 18
nays (Vote No. 268), Senate passed S. 652, to provide for a pro-
competitive, de-regulatory national policy framework designed to
accelerate rapidly private sector deployment of advanced
telecommunications and information technologies and services to all
Americans by opening all telecommunications markets to competition,
after taking action on further amendments proposed thereto.
Pages S8417-20, S8422-58, S8460-80
[Rollcall Vote No. 268 Leg.] June 15, 1995
YEAS--81
Abraham Republican Michigan Y
Akaka Democrat Hawaii Y
Ashcroft Republican Missouri Y
Baucus Democrat Montana Y
Bennett Republican Utah Y
Biden Democrat Delaware Y
Bond Republican Missouri Y
Bradley Democrat New Jersey Y
Breaux Democrat Louisiana Y
Brown Republican Colorado Y
Bryan Democrat Nevada Y
Burns Republican Montana Y
Campbell Republican Colorado Y
Chafee Republican Rhode Island Y
Coats Republican Indiana Y
Cochran Republican Mississippi Y
Cohen Republican Maine Y
Coverdell Republican Georgia Y
Craig Republican Idaho Y
D'Amato Republican New York Y
Daschle Democrat South Dakota Y
DeWine Republican Ohio Y
Dodd Democrat Connecticut Y
Dole Republican Kansas Y
Domenici Republican New Mexico Y
Exon Democrat Nebraska Y
Faircloth Republican North Carolina Y
Feinstein Democrat California Y
Ford Democrat Kentucky Y
Frist Republican Tennessee Y
Glenn Democrat Ohio Y
Gorton Republican Washington Y
Gramm Republican Texas Y
Grams Republican Minnesota Y
Grassley Republican Iowa Y
Gregg Republican New Hampshire Y
Harkin Democrat Iowa Y
Hatfield Republican Oregon Y
Heflin Democrat Alabama Y
Helms Republican North Carolina Y
Hollings Democrat South Carolina Y
Hutchison Republican Texas Y
Inhofe Republican Oklahoma Y
Inouye Democrat Hawaii Y
Jeffords Republican Vermont Y
Johnston Democrat Louisiana Y
Kassebaum Republican Kansas Y
Kempthorne Republican Idaho Y
Kennedy Democrat Massachusetts Y
Kerry Democrat Massachusetts Y
Kohl Democrat Wisconsin Y
Kyl Republican Arizona Y
Lautenberg Democrat New Jersey Y
Levin Democrat Michigan Y
Lott Republican Mississippi Y
Lugar Republican Indiana Y
Mack Republican Florida Y
McConnell Republican Kentucky Y
Mikulski Democrat Maryland Y
Moseley-Braun Democrat Illinois Y
Murkowski Republican Alaska Y
Murray Democrat Washington Y
Nickles Republican Oklahoma Y
Nunn Democrat Georgia Y
Pell Democrat Rhode Island Y
Pressler Republican South Dakota Y
Robb Democrat Virginia Y
Rockefeller Democrat West Virginia Y
Roth Republican Delaware Y
Santorum Republican Pennsylvania Y
Sarbanes Democrat Maryland Y
Shelby Republican Alabama Y
Simpson Republican Wyoming Y
Smith Republican New Hampshire Y
Snowe Republican Maine Y
Specter Republican Pennsylvania Y
Stevens Republican Alaska Y
Thomas Republican Wyoming Y
Thompson Republican Tennessee Y
Thurmond Republican South Carolina Y
Warner Republican Virginia Y
NAYS--18
Bingaman Democrat New Mexico N
Boxer Democrat California N
Bumpers Democrat Arkansas N
Byrd Democrat West Virginia N
Conrad Democrat North Dakota N
Dorgan Democrat North Dakota N
Feingold Democrat Wisconsin N
Graham Democrat Florida N
Kerrey Democrat Nebraska N
Leahy Democrat Vermont N
Lieberman Democrat Connecticut N
McCain Republican Arizona N
Moynihan Democrat New York N
Packwood Republican Oregon N
Pryor Democrat Arkansas N
Reid Democrat Nevada N
Simon Democrat Illinois N
Wellstone Democrat Minnesota N
NOT VOTING--1
Hatch Republican Utah X
Roll No. 268 Leg.: June 15, 1995
Telecommunications Competition/Deregulation Act: Passage of S. 652
Republican Yes votes = 51
Republican No votes = 2
Republican NV votes = 1
Democratic Yes votes = 30
Democratic No votes = 16
Democratic NV votes = 0
Total Yes votes = 81
Total No votes = 18
Total Ans. Present = 0
Total Not Voting = 1
Democratic Leadership position = Y: (Y = 4; N = 1)
Republican Leadership position = Y: (Y = 5; N = 0)
Conservative Democrat position = Y: (Y = 4; N = 0)
Moderate Republican position = Y: (Y = 4; N = 0)
Conservative Senators position = Y: (Y = 5; N = 0)
Liberal Senators position = X: (Y = 3; N = 2)
{Note: Democrat and Republican leadership must have a value of 4 or more to
be assigned a position other than 'X'. Conservative Democrat & Moderate
Republican must have a value of 3 or more to be assigned a position other
than 'X'. Liberal & Conservative Senators' position must have a value of
4 or more to be assigned a position other than 'X'.}
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