Senate roll call 70 · 103rd Congress · Mar 24, 1993
To exempt home heating oil from the proposed surtax on energy based on Btu's.
On Mar 24, 1993, the Senate voted 52–46 on “On the Motion to Table” (SCONRES 18). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Democrats 52–4, Republicans 0–42. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 4 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
- Motion to Table Agreed to
- Yes
- 52
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Mar 24, 1993
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 42 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats52 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- 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
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Harris Wofford D-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Harlan Mathews D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Robert Charles Krueger D-TX
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- 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
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- 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
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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