Roll Call Vote #251 · 103rd Congress · Session 1 · Sep 9, 1993, 5:52 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 785 to S. 1298 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994) (S. 1298)
Amendment S.Amdt. 785 (To reduce the amount provided for ballistic missile defense programs and to allocate the total amount among the ballistic missile defense programs and program elements.)
Amendment Agreed to (50-48)
50 Yea
48 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
44 Yea / 12 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Republican 44 senators
6 Yea / 36 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Boren (Democrat–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Bryan (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
David Durenberger (Republican–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Chuck Grassley (Republican–IA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Charles Robb (Democrat–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 50
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett 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)
- Harlan Mathews (TN)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Nay 48
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- David Boren (OK)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 2
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
Other Votes on S. 1298
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Vote #250 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 783 to S. 1298 (National Defense Authorization Act for…Amendment Rejected (33-63) Sep 9, 1993
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Vote #252 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 790 to S.Amdt. 782 to S. 1298 (National Defense Author…Amendment Agreed to (90-7) Sep 9, 1993
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Vote #253 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 792 to S. 1298 (National Defense Authorization A…Motion to Table Agreed to (61-32) Sep 9, 1993
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Vote #254 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 816 to S. 1298 (National Defense Authorization Act for…Amendment Rejected (18-79) Sep 10, 1993
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Vote #255 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 815 to S. 1298 (National Defense Authorization A…Motion to Table Agreed to (67-28) Sep 10, 1993
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Vote #256 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 818 to S.Amdt. 817 to S. 1298 (National Defense …Motion to Table Failed (31-62) Sep 10, 1993
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Vote #257 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 820 to S.Amdt. 819 to S. 1298 (National Defense Author…Amendment Agreed to (74-15) Sep 10, 1993
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Vote #258 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 821 to S. 1298 (National Defense Authorization Act for…Amendment Agreed to (100-0) Sep 14, 1993
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Vote #259 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 840 to S. 1298 (National Defense Authorization A…Motion to Table Agreed to (57-43) Sep 14, 1993
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Vote #260 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 851 to S.Amdt. 829 to S. 1298 (National Defense Author…Amendment Agreed to (90-10) Sep 14, 1993
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).