Senate roll call 460 · 102nd Congress · Aug 7, 1992
A bill to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with respect to bilingual election requirements.
On Aug 7, 1992, the Senate voted 75–20 on “On Passage of the Bill” (HR 4312). Result: Bill Passed. By party: Democrats 50–4, Republicans 25–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- Bill Passed
- Yes
- 75
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Aug 7, 1992
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 16 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats50 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID voted no
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
The bill
H.R. 4312: To amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 with respect to bilingual election requirements.
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
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- John Seymour R-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- 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
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- (James) Terry Sanford D-NC
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Brockman (Brock) Adams D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Timothy E. Wirth D-CO
- 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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