Senate roll call 350 · 102nd Congress · Apr 9, 1992
To reduce defense spending and devote half of the savings to domestic discretionary programs and half to deficit reduction.
On Apr 9, 1992, the Senate voted 36–62 on “On the Amendment” (SCONRES 106). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 33–23, Republicans 3–39. 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
- Amendment Rejected
- Yes
- 36
- No
- 62
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Apr 9, 1992
By party
- Republicans3 yes · 39 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats33 yes · 23 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Richard H Bryan D-NV voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-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
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- John Seymour R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- 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
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- 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
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- 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
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- Jocelyn Birch Burdick D-ND
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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