Senate roll call 279 · 102nd Congress · Nov 27, 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 27, 1991, the Senate voted 68–15 on “On the Conference Report” (S 543). Result: Conference Report Agreed to. By party: Democrats 36–13, Republicans 32–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- Conference Report Agreed to
- Yes
- 68
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Nov 27, 1991
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats36 yes · 13 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA voted no
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Seymour R-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- 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
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy 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
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- 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
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Harris Wofford D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- 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
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Jocelyn Birch Burdick D-ND
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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