Senate breaks filibuster on campaign finance reform; battle moves to the house - U.S. Senate

Common Cause Magazine, Fall, 1993 by Peter Montgomery

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SENATE VOTES ON CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM

Column one records the June 16 vote to end the filibuster; column two the June 17 vote to pass S.3. In both cases, a "Y" represents the CC-backed position. In addition, senators in bold type championed public campaign resources by voting for an unsuccessful amendment offered by Sen. John Keny (D-Mass.) to strengthen the public resources in the bill.

ALABAMA

  Heflin                       Y          N
  Shelby                       N          N

ALASKA

  Murkowski                    N          N
  Stevens                      N          N

ARIZOUA

  DeConcini                    Y          Y
  McCain                       Y          Y

ARKANSAS

  Bumpers                      Y          Y
  Pryor                        Y          Y

CALIFORNIA

  Boxer                        Y          Y
  Feinstein                    Y          Y

COLORADO

  Campbell                     Y          Y
  Brown                        Y          Y

CONECTICUT

  Dodd                         Y          Y
  Lieberman                    Y          Y

DELAWARE

  Biden                        Y          Y
  Roth                         N          N

FLORIDA

  Graham                       Y          Y
  Mack                         N          N

GEORGIA