Senate roll call 349 · 102nd Congress · Apr 9, 1992
To reduce the fiscal year 1993 defense budget authority.
On Apr 9, 1992, the Senate voted 45–50 on “On the Amendment” (SCONRES 106). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 41–13, Republicans 4–37. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- Amendment Rejected
- Yes
- 45
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Apr 9, 1992
By party
- Republicans4 yes · 37 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats41 yes · 13 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
- Alan John Dixon D-IL voted no
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- 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
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- 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
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Harris Wofford D-PA
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- John Seymour R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon 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
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger 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
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- 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
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Voted present
Did not vote
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Jocelyn Birch Burdick D-ND
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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