Roll Call Vote #169 · 102nd Congress · Session 1 · Jul 31, 1991, 10:42 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 957 to S. 1507 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993)
Amendment S.Amdt. 957 (To revise the strategy for the Strategic Defense Initiative.)
Amendment Rejected (43-56)
43 Yea
56 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
40 Yea / 15 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 40 senators
1 Yea / 39 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Daniel Akaka (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (Democrat–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Boren (Democrat–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Alan Dixon (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Glenn, Jr. (Democrat–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Charles Robb (Democrat–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 43
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- James Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Nay 56
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- David Boren (OK)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- John Seymour (CA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- 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 1
- David Pryor (AR)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).