To reduce the amount provided for the Strategic Defense Initiative.

On Aug 7, 1992, the Senate voted 43–49 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 3114). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Democrats 9–44, Republicans 34–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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: 43
No: 49
Did not vote: 10
Date: Aug 7, 1992

By party

Republicans34 yes · 5 no · 5 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 44 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted yes
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
Alan John Dixon D-IL voted yes
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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