Roll Call Vote #178 · 102nd Congress · Session 2 · Aug 7, 1992, 9:05 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2911 to H.R. 4312 (Voting Rights Language Assistance Act of 1992)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2911 (To modify the application of the bilingual voting requirements and require certain studies.)
Amendment Rejected (32-63)
32 Yea
63 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
7 Yea / 46 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 40 senators
23 Yea / 15 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kit Bond (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dale Bumpers (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Durenberger (Republican–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Wyche Fowler, Jr. (Democrat–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Slade Gorton, III (Republican–WA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Kasten, Jr. (Republican–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Frank Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Seymour (Republican–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 32
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Mitch McConnell
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- David Pryor (AR)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 63
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- David Boren (OK)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- James Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- John Seymour (CA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Not Voting 5
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).