Roll Call Vote #25 · 103rd Congress · Session 1 · Mar 5, 1993, 9:40 AM (ET)
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 460 (S. 460)
An original bill to establish national voter registration procedures for Federal elections, and for other purposes.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (52-36, 3/5 majority required)
52 Yea
36 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 54 senators
47 Yea / 1 Nay
6 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 41 senators
3 Yea / 32 Nay
6 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Ben Campbell (Republican–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 52
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Harlan Mathews (TN)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Nay 36
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 12
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Robert Krueger (TX)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- James Sasser (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
Other Votes on S. 460
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).