To provide an additional $150,000,000 in deficit savings over the next five years.

On Apr 10, 1992, the Senate voted 43–47 on “On the Amendment” (SCONRES 106). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 12–40, Republicans 31–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: Amendment Rejected
Yes: 43
No: 47
Did not vote: 12
Date: Apr 10, 1992

By party

Republicans31 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
Democrats12 yes · 40 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted yes
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
Harry Reid D-NV voted yes
Richard H Bryan D-NV voted yes
David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV 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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