Senate roll call 249 · 102nd Congress · Nov 13, 1991
An Act to reform Federal deposit insurance, protect the deposit insurance funds, recapitalize the Bank Insurance Fund, improve supervision and regulation of ins
On Nov 13, 1991, the Senate voted 76–19 on “On the Cloture Motion” (S 543). Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to. By party: Democrats 43–9, Republicans 33–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- Cloture Motion Agreed to
- Yes
- 76
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Nov 13, 1991
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 10 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats43 yes · 9 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- John Seymour R-CA voted no
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Connie Mack III R-FL voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC 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
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- 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
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- 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
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-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
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- 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
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- 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
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Seymour R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Jocelyn Birch Burdick D-ND
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Harris Wofford D-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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