Roll Call Vote #52 · 102nd Congress · Session 2 · Mar 18, 1992, 4:35 PM (ET)
On Overriding the Veto H.R. 2212 (H.R. 2212)
A bill regarding the extension of most-favored-nation treatment to the products of the People's Republic of China, and for other purposes.
Veto Sustained (60-38, 2/3 majority required)
60 Yea
38 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 57 senators
51 Yea / 4 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 43 senators
9 Yea / 34 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Quentin Burdick (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Slade Gorton, III (Republican–WA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jesse Helms (Republican–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Trent Lott (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Connie Mack, III (Republican–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Larry Pressler (Republican–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Shelby (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Smith (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Malcolm Wallop (Republican–WY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 60
- Brock Adams (WA)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- 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)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Alan Cranston (CA)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Wyche Fowler, Jr. (GA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Albert Gore, Jr. (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- 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)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Timothy Wirth (CO)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Nay 38
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Quentin Burdick (ND)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- Jake Garn (UT)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Robert Kasten, Jr. (WI)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Warren Rudman (NH)
- John Seymour (CA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Steven Symms (ID)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 2
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alan Dixon (IL)
Other Votes on H.R. 2212
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Vote #142 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 2212Bill Passed (55-44) Jul 23, 1991
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Vote #31 On the Conference Report H.R. 2212Conference Report Agreed to (59-39) Feb 25, 1992
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).