Senate roll call 448 · 102nd Congress · Aug 3, 1992
To limit Federal appropriations for the Superconducting Super Collider.
On Aug 3, 1992, the Senate voted 62–31 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 5373). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Democrats 32–22, Republicans 30–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 31 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 Agreed to
- Yes
- 62
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Aug 3, 1992
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 9 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 22 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Richard H Bryan D-NV voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- 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
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- 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
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Harris Wofford D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- 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
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- John Seymour R-CA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Jocelyn Birch Burdick D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Other votes
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