Senate roll call 450 · 102nd Congress · Aug 5, 1992
To remove the minimum allocation program from Federal-aid highways limitation on obligations.
On Aug 5, 1992, the Senate voted 39–57 on “On the Amendment” (HR 5518). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Democrats 20–35, Republicans 19–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 39 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
- 39
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Aug 5, 1992
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 22 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 35 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 Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted yes
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted yes
- John Seymour R-CA voted yes
- Connie Mack III R-FL voted yes
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted yes
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted yes
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted yes
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI 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
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Seymour R-CA
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wyche Fowler Jr. D-GA
- 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
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- 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
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
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
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- 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
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- 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
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Harris Wofford D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- 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
Did not vote
- 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
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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