Roll Call Vote #4 · 102nd Congress · Session 2 · Jan 23, 1992, 6:03 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1478 to S.Amdt. 1477 to S. 2 (Neighborhood Schools Improvement Act Neighborhood Schools Improvement Programs Act Flexibility for Education Effectiveness Act of 1992)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1478 (Expressing the sense of the Senate that the Supreme Court should reverse earlier decisions restricting voluntary prayer in public school.)
Amendment Rejected (38-55)
38 Yea
55 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
11 Yea / 42 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Republican 40 senators
25 Yea / 11 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 -
David Boren (Democrat–OK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Breaux (Democrat–LA) 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 -
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Danforth (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Durenberger (Republican–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) 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 -
John Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Warren Rudman (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Sasser (Democrat–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Thurmond (Republican–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Warner (Republican–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 38
- Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. (TX)
- David Boren (OK)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- James Sasser (TN)
- John Seymour (CA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
Nay 55
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- John Chafee (RI)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- James Sanford (NC)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Not Voting 7
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).