The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO POSTPONE INDEFINETLY CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4864 (29 STAT 509 8/27/94) (JP. 239-1)
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
What was on the floor
Full text predates digital publication (GPO coverage begins with the 103rd Congress, 1993). The official description above is the recorded question. The original text lives in the printed Statutes at Large and the Journals of Congress.
Every roll call on H.R. 4864
How each state's senators voted
In 15 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 17 every one voted no; 6 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 1 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 1 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 0 yes, 2 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 1 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 0 yes, 2 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Florida: 0 yes, 2 no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alabama 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Lawrence Pugh (Democrat) — NAY
- John Tyler Morgan (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Oliver Wolcott (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Henry Moore Teller (Republican) — YEA
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Orville Hitchcock Platt (Republican) — YEA
Delaware 1 yes, 1 no
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
- Samuel Pasco (Democrat) — NAY
- Wilkinson Call (Democrat) — NAY
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Falconer Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — YEA
Idaho 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Fred Thomas Dubois (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Laird Shoup (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 0 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arthur Pue Gorman (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Hopper Gibson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 0 yes, 2 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Anselm Joseph McLaurin (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Zachariah George (Democrat) — NAY
Montana 1 yes, 0 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Clay Hansbrough (Republican) — YEA
- William Nathaniel Roach (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Harold Gallinger (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Eaton Chandler (Republican) — YEA
New Jersey 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- James Smith Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Rhoderic McPherson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Percival Jones (Republican) — YEA
- William Morris Stewart (Silver) — NOT VOTING
New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Bennett Hill (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Edward Murphy Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
Ohio 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Donald Cameron (Republican) — YEA
- Matthew Stanley Quay (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- John Laurens Manning Irby (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Matthew Calbraith Butler (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Isham Green Harris (Democrat) — NAY
- William Brimage Bate (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Justin Smith Morrill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Redfield Proctor (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Washington 1 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 0 yes, 2 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Charles James Faulkner (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Johnson Newlon Camden (Democrat) — NAY
Wyoming 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Maull Carey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 85 members
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