Senate roll call 305 · 102nd Congress · Feb 19, 1992
To restore balance to the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.
On Feb 19, 1992, the Senate voted 51–47 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 2166). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Democrats 17–38, Republicans 34–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 51
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Feb 19, 1992
By party
- Republicans34 yes · 9 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 38 no · 3 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
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- John Seymour R-CA voted no
- Connie Mack III R-FL voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd 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
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- 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
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- 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
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- 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
- John William Warner R-VA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Seymour R-CA
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- 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
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- 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
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Harris Wofford D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- 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
Did not vote
Other votes
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