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Roll Call Vote #57 · 102nd Congress · Session 1 · May 14, 1991, 2:29 PM (ET)

On the Resolution of Ratification Treaty Doc. 101-7 (Treaty Doc. 101-7)

Annex III (Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Harmful Substances Carried by Sea in Packaged Forms or in Freight Containers, Portable Tanks or Road and Rail Tank Wagons), an optional Annex to the 1973 International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, as modified and incorporated by the 1978 Protocol relating thereto (MARPOL 73/79)

Resolution of Ratification Agreed to (97-0, 2/3 majority required)
97 Yea
0 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Democrat 56 senators

55 Yea / 0 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Republican 40 senators

39 Yea / 0 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Independent 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Independent Democrat 1 senator

0 Yea / 0 Nay

1 not voting or present

Crossed Party Lines

No senators voted against their party's majority on this vote.

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 97

Not Voting 3

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).