Senate roll call 154 · 102nd Congress · Jul 29, 1991
To strike funds for USIA's "Worldnet" television program.
On Jul 29, 1991, the Senate voted 55–42 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 1433). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Democrats 14–42, Republicans 41–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 55
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jul 29, 1991
By party
- Republicans41 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 42 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted yes
- Richard H Bryan D-NV voted yes
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes
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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- 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 Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- 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
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- 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
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-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
- 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
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy 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
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum 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
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Jocelyn Birch Burdick D-ND
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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