Roll Call Vote #113 · 102nd Congress · Session 1 · Jun 28, 1991, 12:39 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 429 to S. 1241 (Violent Crime Control Act of 1991) (S. 1241)
Amendment S.Amdt. 429 (To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish procedures for mandatory instant background checks of the criminal histories of prospective buyers of handguns and to establish mandatory prison sentences for the commission of a crime with a firearm in addition to any other penalties.)
Amendment Rejected (44-54)
44 Yea
54 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 57 senators
9 Yea / 46 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 43 senators
35 Yea / 8 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Bryan (Democrat–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Danforth (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Democrat–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Warner (Republican–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 44
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- John Seymour (CA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
Nay 54
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Terry Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Not Voting 2
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- David Pryor (AR)
Other Votes on S. 1241
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Vote #102 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 365 to S. 1241 (Violent Crime Control Act of 1991)Amendment Agreed to (55-41) Jun 20, 1991
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Vote #103 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 367 to S. 1241 (Violent Crime Control Act of 1991)Amendment Rejected (40-56) Jun 20, 1991
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Vote #104 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 368 to S. 1241 (Violent Crime Control Act of 1991)Amendment Rejected (43-54) Jun 25, 1991
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Vote #105 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 373 to S.Amdt. 370 to S. 1241 (Violent Crime Control A…Amendment Rejected (29-69) Jun 25, 1991
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Vote #106 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 371 to S. 1241 (Violent Crime Control Act of 1991)Amendment Rejected (30-68) Jun 25, 1991
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Vote #107 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 374 to S. 1241 (Violent Crime Control Act of 1991)Amendment Rejected (25-73) Jun 25, 1991
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Vote #108 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 380 to S.Amdt. 379 to S. 1241 (Violent Crime Control A…Amendment Agreed to (58-40) Jun 26, 1991
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Vote #109 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 382 to S. 1241 (Violent Crime Control Act of 1991)Amendment Agreed to (65-33) Jun 26, 1991
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Vote #110 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 378 to S.Amdt. 377 to S. 1241 (Violent Crime Con…Motion to Table Agreed to (71-28) Jun 26, 1991
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Vote #111 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 377 to S. 1241 (Violent Crime Control Act of 1991)Amendment Agreed to (60-39) Jun 26, 1991
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).