To provide an incentive for increased consumer spending and to provide a short-term economic stimulus by waiving the penalty under the Internal Revenue Code of

On Nov 22, 1991, the Senate voted 66–31 on “On the Motion to Table” (HJRES 157). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Democrats 51–3, Republicans 15–28. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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: 66
No: 31
Did not vote: 5
Date: Nov 22, 1991

By party

Republicans15 yes · 28 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats51 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted no
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted yes
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
Conrad Burns R-MT voted yes
Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted yes
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted yes
John William Warner R-VA voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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