Senate roll call 116 · 102nd Congress · Jul 8, 1991
To provide authorizations to local law enforcement personnel to combat drugs and crime.
On Jul 8, 1991, the Senate voted 49–39 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 1241). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Democrats 49–2, Republicans 0–37. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 49
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Jul 8, 1991
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 37 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats49 yes · 2 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- 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
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- 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
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Harris Wofford D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- 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
- 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
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- John Seymour R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- 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
- 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
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Jocelyn Birch Burdick D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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