Senate roll call 477 · 101st Congress · Jul 23, 1990
To provide for the modernization of testing of consumer products containing hazardous or toxic substances, and to ban Federal agencies from accepting the result
On Jul 23, 1990, the Senate voted 62–29 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 2830). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Democrats 28–22, Republicans 35–7. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 29 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
- Motion to Table Agreed to
- Yes
- 62
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Jul 23, 1990
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 7 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 22 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted no
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Richard H Bryan D-NV voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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