Roberta Achtenberg, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

On May 24, 1993, the Senate voted 58–31 on “On the Nomination” (PN 154). Result: Nomination Confirmed. By party: Democrats 45–5, Republicans 13–26. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 members voted against their own party.

During the 103rd Congress (1993–1994), Bill Clinton was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Nomination Confirmed
Yes: 58
No: 31
Did not vote: 12
Date: May 24, 1993

By party

Republicans13 yes · 26 no · 6 didn’t vote
Democrats45 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted yes
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted yes
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
Harlan Mathews D-TN voted no
James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted yes
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Richard C. Shelby D-AL
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Harlan Mathews D-TN
James Ralph Sasser D-TN
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
John William Warner R-VA
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Malcolm Wallop R-WY

Voted present

J. James Exon D-NE

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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