Roll Call Vote #261 · 102nd Congress · Session 2 · Oct 2, 1992, 10:44 AM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S. 2 (S. 2)
An act to promote the achievement of National Education Goals, to measure progress toward such goals, to develop national education standards and voluntary assessments in accordance with such standards and to encourage the comprehensive improvement of America's neighborhood public schools to improve student achievement.
Cloture Motion Rejected (59-40, 3/5 majority required)
59 Yea
40 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 57 senators
57 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 43 senators
2 Yea / 40 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 59
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Jocelyn Burdick (ND)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- 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)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Terry Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Nay 40
- 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)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- John Seymour (CA)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 1
- David Durenberger (MN)
Other Votes on S. 2
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Vote #1 On the Cloture Motion S. 2Cloture Motion Agreed to (93-0, 3/5 majority required) Jan 21, 1992
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Vote #2 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1473 to S. 2 (Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act Nei…Amendment Agreed to (96-0) Jan 23, 1992
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Vote #3 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1474 to S. 2 (Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act Nei…Amendment Agreed to (95-0) Jan 23, 1992
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Vote #4 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1478 to S.Amdt. 1477 to S. 2 (Neighborhood Schools Imp…Amendment Rejected (38-55) Jan 23, 1992
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Vote #5 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1476 to S. 2 (Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act Nei…Amendment Rejected (36-57) Jan 23, 1992
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Vote #6 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1480 to S. 2 (Neighborhood Schools Improvement A…Motion to Table Agreed to (55-37) Jan 23, 1992
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Vote #7 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1479 to S. 2 (Neighborhood Schools Improvement A…Motion to Table Agreed to (55-43) Jan 28, 1992
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Vote #9 On Passage of the Bill S. 2Bill Passed (92-6) Jan 28, 1992
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Vote #203 On the Cloture Motion S. 2Cloture Motion Agreed to (85-6, 3/5 majority required) Sep 15, 1992
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Vote #204 On the Motion for Attendance S. 2Motion for Attendance Agreed to (80-12) Sep 15, 1992
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).