The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO TABLE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE BY WHICH PART II OF THE MUSKIE AMENDMENT TO S.2986 WAS AGREED TO. (SEE ROLL CALL 169).
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- Congress.gov — official bill page
- Tally data compiled from the official record by Voteview (UCLA) · see sources
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. Bill metadata: Congress.gov.
Every roll call on S. 2986
How each state's senators voted
In 16 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 17 every one voted no; 17 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: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maine: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: 2 yes, 0 no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 2 no
- Montana: 1 yes, 1 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Minnesota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Illinois: 1 yes, 1 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 1 yes, 1 no
- New York: 1 yes, 1 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
- Nevada: 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 1 yes, 1 no
- South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Iowa: 1 yes, 1 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
- Pennsylvania: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 1 yes, 1 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 1 no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 2 no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 1 yes, 1 no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 2 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Mexico: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
- Mississippi: 1 yes, 1 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Texas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Florida: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Alaska 0 yes, 2 no
Alabama 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James William Fulbright (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Little McClellan (Democrat) — YEA
Arizona 0 yes, 2 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 1 yes, 1 no
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff (Democrat) — YEA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Delaware 2 yes, 0 no
Florida 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward John Gurney (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Hawaii 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel K. Inouye (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Hiram Leong Fong (Republican) — NAY
Iowa 1 yes, 1 no
Idaho 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 0 yes, 2 no
Kentucky 1 yes, 1 no
Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no
Massachusetts 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Moore Kennedy (Democrat) — YEA
- Edward William Brooke III (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 1 yes, 1 no
Montana 1 yes, 1 no
North Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jesse Helms (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel James Ervin Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
North Dakota 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Milton Ruben Young (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Quentin Northrup Burdick (Democrat) — NAY
Nebraska 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Norris H. Cotton (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas James McIntyre (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico 1 yes, 1 no
Nevada 2 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alan Harvey Bible (Democrat) — YEA
- Howard Walter Cannon (Democrat) — YEA
- Paul Dominique Laxalt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 2 yes, 0 no
Oklahoma 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Dewey Follett Bartlett (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Louis Bellmon (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Oregon 0 yes, 2 no
Pennsylvania 0 yes, 2 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee 0 yes, 2 no
Texas 1 yes, 1 no
Utah 1 yes, 1 no
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 1 yes, 1 no
Washington 2 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no
Wyoming 1 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 102 members
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