Roll Call Vote #165 · 102nd Congress · Session 2 · Jul 30, 1992, 6:48 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2799 to H.R. 5517 (District of Columbia Supplemental Appropriations and Rescissions and Act, 1992)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2799 (To prevent the District of Columbia from implementing a system of registration for unmarried, cohabitating homosexual, lesbian, and heterosexual couples in the Nation's Capital in order to sanction such relationships and to grant such unmarried couples certain rights and benefits traditionally reserved for couples who have entered into the legally enforceable bonds of matrimony.)
How the Parties Voted
34 Yea / 18 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
7 Yea / 30 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
0 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (Democrat–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Bryan (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dale Bumpers (Democrat–AR) 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 -
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Thomas Daschle (Democrat–SD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dennis DeConcini (Democrat–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
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 -
Wyche Fowler, Jr. (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Slade Gorton, III (Republican–WA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 -
John Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
David Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Warren Rudman (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Sasser (Democrat–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 41
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- John Chafee (RI)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- James Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Nay 51
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- 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)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 8
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- John Seymour (CA)
- Steven Symms (ID)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).