Senate roll call 441 · 102nd Congress · Jul 29, 1992
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to remove certain high-speed intercity rail facility bonds from the State volume cap for tax-exempt bond financing.
On Jul 29, 1992, the Senate voted 40–55 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 776). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Democrats 30–23, Republicans 10–32. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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 Failed
- Yes
- 40
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Jul 29, 1992
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 32 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats30 yes · 23 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted yes
- John Seymour R-CA voted yes
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO voted no
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted yes
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted no
- Robert C. Smith R-NH voted yes
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Richard H Bryan D-NV voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Harris Wofford D-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted yes
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted no
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted yes
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- John Seymour R-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- 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
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- 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
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- 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
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
Did not vote
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Jocelyn Birch Burdick D-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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