Senate roll call 328 · 101st Congress · Feb 22, 1990
A joint resolution designating April 24, 1990, as "National Day of Remembrance of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923".
On Feb 22, 1990, the Senate voted 49–49 on “On the Cloture Motion” (SJRES 212). Result: Cloture Motion Rejected. By party: Democrats 23–31, Republicans 26–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 41 members voted against their own party.
During the 101st Congress (1989–1990), George H. W. Bush was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Cloture Motion Rejected
- Yes
- 49
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Feb 22, 1990
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 18 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats23 yes · 31 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Connie Mack III R-FL voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted yes
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted yes
- Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted yes
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted yes
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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