Roll Call Vote #140 · 102nd Congress · Session 1 · Jul 18, 1991, 7:49 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S. 250 (S. 250)
A bill to establish national voter registration procedures for Federal elections, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Rejected (59-40, 3/5 majority required)
59 Yea
40 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 57 senators
56 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 43 senators
3 Yea / 40 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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David Durenberger (Republican–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 59
- 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)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- 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)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- 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)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Terry Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Nay 40
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- John Chafee (RI)
- 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)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- 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)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- John Seymour (CA)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 1
- David Pryor (AR)
Other Votes on S. 250
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Vote #134 On the Cloture Motion S. 250Cloture Motion Rejected (57-41, 3/5 majority required) Jul 18, 1991
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Vote #86 On the Cloture Motion S. 250Cloture Motion Agreed to (61-38, 3/5 majority required) May 7, 1992
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Vote #87 On the Cloture Motion S. 250Cloture Motion Rejected (58-40, 3/5 majority required) May 12, 1992
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Vote #89 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1799 to S. 250 (National Voter Registration Act …Motion to Table Agreed to (53-45) May 14, 1992
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Vote #90 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1821 to S. 250 (National Voter Registration Act of 199…Amendment Rejected (37-57) May 14, 1992
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Vote #91 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1825 to S. 250 (National Voter Registration Act …Motion to Table Agreed to (55-40) May 19, 1992
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Vote #92 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1827 to S. 250 (National Voter Registration Act …Motion to Table Agreed to (57-39) May 19, 1992
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Vote #93 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1828 to S. 250 (National Voter Registration Act …Motion to Table Agreed to (61-36) May 19, 1992
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Vote #94 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1829 to S. 250 (National Voter Registration Act …Motion to Table Agreed to (55-41) May 19, 1992
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Vote #95 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1830 to S. 250 (National Voter Registration Act …Motion to Table Agreed to (57-39) May 19, 1992
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).