Senate roll call 148 · 102nd Congress · Jul 25, 1991
To place restrictions on United States assistance for El Salvador.
On Jul 25, 1991, the Senate voted 43–56 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 1435). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Democrats 5–51, Republicans 38–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 43
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 25, 1991
By party
- Republicans38 yes · 5 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 51 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted yes
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
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
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- John Seymour R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- 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
- 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
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- 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
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- 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
- 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
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- 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
- 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
Did not vote
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Jocelyn Birch Burdick D-ND
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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