Roll Call Vote #271 · 102nd Congress · Session 1 · Nov 22, 1991, 9:41 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S.Res. 198 (S.Res. 198)
A resolution amending Senate Resolution 62 of the One Hundred Second Congress to authorize the Committee on Foreign Relations to exercise certain investigatory powers in connection with its inquiry into the release of the United States hostages in Iran.
How the Parties Voted
48 Yea / 3 Nay
5 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
1 Yea / 38 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) 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 51
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- David Boren (OK)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- 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)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- 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)
- David Pryor (AR)
- 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 43
- 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)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- 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)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- John Seymour (CA)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 6
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Steven Symms (ID)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).