Nunn cast deciding vote against ENDA in 1996

Former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA) is being considered by the Obama campaign as the Democratic vice presidential running mate. Nunn was one of only five Democratic senators who voted against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act on 10 Sep 1996. The Act would have prohibited employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The bill failed by one vote, 49-50.

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 104th Congress - 2nd Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On Passage of the Bill (s.2056 )
Vote Number: 281
Vote Date: September 10, 1996, 03:41 PM
Required For Majority: 1/2 Vote Result: Bill Defeated
Measure Number: S. 2056
Measure Title: A bill to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Vote Counts: YEAs 49
NAYs 50
Not Voting 1

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Abraham (R-MI), Nay Akaka (D-HI), Yea Ashcroft (R-MO), Nay Baucus (D-MT), Yea Bennett (R-UT), Nay Biden (D-DE), Yea Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Bond (R-MO), Nay Boxer (D-CA), Yea Bradley (D-NJ), Yea Breaux (D-LA), Yea Brown (R-CO), Nay Bryan (D-NV), Yea Bumpers (D-AR), Yea Burns (R-MT), Nay Byrd (D-WV), Nay Campbell (R-CO), Nay Chafee (R-RI), Yea Coats (R-IN), Nay Cochran (R-MS), Nay Cohen (R-ME), Yea Conrad (D-ND), Yea Coverdell (R-GA), Nay Craig (R-ID), Nay D'Amato (R-NY), Yea Daschle (D-SD), Yea DeWine (R-OH), Nay Dodd (D-CT), Yea Domenici (R-NM), Nay Dorgan (D-ND), Yea Exon (D-NE), Nay Faircloth (R-NC), Nay Feingold (D-WI), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Ford (D-KY), Nay Frahm (R-KS), Nay Frist (R-TN), Nay Glenn (D-OH), Yea Gorton (R-WA), Nay Graham (D-FL), Yea Gramm (R-TX), Nay Grams (R-MN), Nay Grassley (R-IA), Nay Gregg (R-NH), Nay Harkin (D-IA), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Nay Hatfield (R-OR), Yea Heflin (D-AL), Nay Helms (R-NC), Nay Hollings (D-SC), Yea

Hutchison (R-TX), Nay Inhofe (R-OK), Nay Inouye (D-HI), Yea Jeffords (R-VT), Yea Johnston (D-LA), Yea Kassebaum (R-KS), Nay Kempthorne (R-ID), Nay Kennedy (D-MA), Yea Kerrey (D-NE), Yea Kerry (D-MA), Yea Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Nay Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea Levin (D-MI), Yea Lieberman (D-CT), Yea Lott (R-MS), Nay Lugar (R-IN), Nay Mack (R-FL), Nay McCain (R-AZ), Nay McConnell (R-KY), Nay Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Moseley-Braun (D-IL), Yea Moynihan (D-NY), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Nay Murray (D-WA), Yea Nickles (R-OK), Nay Nunn (D-GA), Nay Pell (D-RI), Yea Pressler (R-SD), Nay Pryor (D-AR), Not Voting Reid (D-NV), Yea Robb (D-VA), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Roth (R-DE), Nay Santorum (R-PA), Nay Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Nay Simon (D-IL), Yea Simpson (R-WY), Yea Smith (R-NH), Nay Snowe (R-ME), Yea Specter (R-PA), Yea Stevens (R-AK), Nay Thomas (R-WY), Nay Thompson (R-TN), Nay Thurmond (R-SC), Nay Warner (R-VA), Nay Wellstone (D-MN), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Yea

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---49

Akaka (D-HI) Baucus (D-MT) Biden (D-DE) Bingaman (D-NM) Boxer (D-CA) Bradley (D-NJ) Breaux (D-LA) Bryan (D-NV) Bumpers (D-AR) Chafee (R-RI) Cohen (R-ME) Conrad (D-ND) D'Amato (R-NY) Daschle (D-SD) Dodd (D-CT) Dorgan (D-ND) Feingold (D-WI) Feinstein (D-CA) Glenn (D-OH) Graham (D-FL) Harkin (D-IA) Hatfield (R-OR) Hollings (D-SC) Inouye (D-HI) Jeffords (R-VT)

Johnston (D-LA) Kennedy (D-MA) Kerrey (D-NE) Kerry (D-MA) Kohl (D-WI) Lautenberg (D-NJ) Leahy (D-VT) Levin (D-MI) Lieberman (D-CT) Mikulski (D-MD) Moseley-Braun (D-IL) Moynihan (D-NY) Murray (D-WA) Pell (D-RI) Reid (D-NV) Robb (D-VA) Rockefeller (D-WV) Sarbanes (D-MD) Simon (D-IL) Simpson (R-WY) Snowe (R-ME) Specter (R-PA) Wellstone (D-MN) Wyden (D-OR)

NAYs ---50

Abraham (R-MI) Ashcroft (R-MO) Bennett (R-UT) Bond (R-MO) Brown (R-CO) Burns (R-MT) Byrd (D-WV) Campbell (R-CO) Coats (R-IN) Cochran (R-MS) Coverdell (R-GA) Craig (R-ID) DeWine (R-OH) Domenici (R-NM) Exon (D-NE) Faircloth (R-NC) Ford (D-KY) Frahm (R-KS) Frist (R-TN) Gorton (R-WA) Gramm (R-TX) Grams (R-MN) Grassley (R-IA) Gregg (R-NH) Hatch (R-UT)

Heflin (D-AL) Helms (R-NC) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Kassebaum (R-KS) Kempthorne (R-ID) Kyl (R-AZ) Lott (R-MS) Lugar (R-IN) Mack (R-FL) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Nickles (R-OK) Nunn (D-GA) Pressler (R-SD) Roth (R-DE) Santorum (R-PA) Shelby (R-AL) Smith (R-NH) Stevens (R-AK) Thomas (R-WY) Thompson (R-TN) Thurmond (R-SC) Warner (R-VA)

Not Voting - 1
Pryor (D-AR)

Grouped by Home State
Alabama:
Heflin (D-AL), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Nay

Alaska:
Murkowski (R-AK), Nay
Stevens (R-AK), Nay

Arizona:
Kyl (R-AZ), Nay
McCain (R-AZ), Nay

Arkansas:
Bumpers (D-AR), Yea
Pryor (D-AR), Not Voting

California:
Boxer (D-CA), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea

Colorado:
Brown (R-CO), Nay
Campbell (R-CO), Nay

Connecticut:
Dodd (D-CT), Yea
Lieberman (D-CT), Yea

Delaware:
Biden (D-DE), Yea
Roth (R-DE), Nay

Florida:
Graham (D-FL), Yea
Mack (R-FL), Nay

Georgia:
Coverdell (R-GA), Nay
Nunn (D-GA), Nay

Hawaii:
Akaka (D-HI), Yea
Inouye (D-HI), Yea

Idaho:
Craig (R-ID), Nay
Kempthorne (R-ID), Nay

Illinois:
Moseley-Braun (D-IL), Yea
Simon (D-IL), Yea

Indiana:
Coats (R-IN), Nay
Lugar (R-IN), Nay

Iowa:
Grassley (R-IA), Nay
Harkin (D-IA), Yea

Kansas:
Frahm (R-KS), Nay
Kassebaum (R-KS), Nay

Kentucky:
Ford (D-KY), Nay
McConnell (R-KY), Nay

Louisiana:
Breaux (D-LA), Yea
Johnston (D-LA), Yea

Maine:
Cohen (R-ME), Yea
Snowe (R-ME), Yea

Maryland:
Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Sarbanes (D-MD), Yea

Massachusetts:
Kennedy (D-MA), Yea
Kerry (D-MA), Yea

Michigan:
Abraham (R-MI), Nay
Levin (D-MI), Yea

Minnesota:
Grams (R-MN), Nay
Wellstone (D-MN), Yea

Mississippi:
Cochran (R-MS), Nay
Lott (R-MS), Nay

Missouri:
Ashcroft (R-MO), Nay
Bond (R-MO), Nay

Montana:
Baucus (D-MT), Yea
Burns (R-MT), Nay

Nebraska:
Exon (D-NE), Nay
Kerrey (D-NE), Yea

Nevada:
Bryan (D-NV), Yea
Reid (D-NV), Yea

New Hampshire:
Gregg (R-NH), Nay
Smith (R-NH), Nay

New Jersey:
Bradley (D-NJ), Yea
Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea

New Mexico:
Bingaman (D-NM), Yea
Domenici (R-NM), Nay

New York:
D'Amato (R-NY), Yea
Moynihan (D-NY), Yea

North Carolina:
Faircloth (R-NC), Nay
Helms (R-NC), Nay

North Dakota:
Conrad (D-ND), Yea
Dorgan (D-ND), Yea

Ohio:
DeWine (R-OH), Nay
Glenn (D-OH), Yea

Oklahoma:
Inhofe (R-OK), Nay
Nickles (R-OK), Nay

Oregon:
Hatfield (R-OR), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Yea

Pennsylvania:
Santorum (R-PA), Nay
Specter (R-PA), Yea

Rhode Island:
Chafee (R-RI), Yea
Pell (D-RI), Yea

South Carolina:
Hollings (D-SC), Yea
Thurmond (R-SC), Nay

South Dakota:
Daschle (D-SD), Yea
Pressler (R-SD), Nay

Tennessee:
Frist (R-TN), Nay
Thompson (R-TN), Nay

Texas:
Gramm (R-TX), Nay
Hutchison (R-TX), Nay

Utah:
Bennett (R-UT), Nay
Hatch (R-UT), Nay

Vermont:
Jeffords (R-VT), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea

Virginia:
Robb (D-VA), Yea
Warner (R-VA), Nay

Washington:
Gorton (R-WA), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Yea

West Virginia:
Byrd (D-WV), Nay
Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea

Wisconsin:
Feingold (D-WI), Yea
Kohl (D-WI), Yea

Wyoming:
Simpson (R-WY), Yea
Thomas (R-WY), Nay