Roll Call Vote #116 · 102nd Congress · Session 1 · Jul 8, 1991, 7:01 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 516 to S. 1241 (Violent Crime Control Act of 1991)
Amendment S.Amdt. 516 (To provide authorizations to local law enforcement personnel to combat drugs and crime.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (49-39)
49 Yea
39 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
47 Yea / 3 Nay
6 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 40 senators
1 Yea / 34 Nay
5 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Frank Lautenberg (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Moynihan (Democrat–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 49
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- 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)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- James Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Nay 39
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- John Seymour (CA)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 12
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- David Pryor (AR)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).