Roll Call Vote #182 · 102nd Congress · Session 2 · Aug 7, 1992, 6:21 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2918 to S. 3114 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2918 (To reduce the amount provided for the Strategic Defense Initiative.)
Motion to Table Failed (43-49)
43 Yea
49 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
9 Yea / 43 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 40 senators
33 Yea / 3 Nay
4 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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Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (Democrat–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alan Dixon (Democrat–IL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 43
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- 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)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- 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)
- 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)
Nay 49
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- David Boren (OK)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Chuck Grassley
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- 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)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- James Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Not Voting 8
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).