Senate roll call 326 · 102nd Congress · Mar 13, 1992
To discourage States from providing general welfare assistance to able-bodied individuals unless such individuals are participating in a State workfare program.
On Mar 13, 1992, the Senate voted 33–62 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 4210). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Democrats 31–21, Republicans 2–41. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 members voted against their own party.
During the 102nd Congress (1991–1992), George H. W. Bush was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Motion to Table Failed
- Yes
- 33
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Mar 13, 1992
By party
- Republicans2 yes · 41 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 21 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR 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
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Harris Wofford D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- John Seymour R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- 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
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- 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
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- 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
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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