The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE ON RC 194. (MOTION FAILED) SEE NOTE(S) 29
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)
How each state's senators voted
In 11 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 25 every one voted no; 13 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maine: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
- Washington: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 0 yes, 2 no
- North Dakota: 0 yes, 2 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: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Massachusetts: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
- Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 1 yes, 1 no
- Ohio: 0 yes, 2 no
- Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
- Connecticut: 0 yes, 2 no
- California: 1 yes, 1 no
- Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
- Colorado: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Missouri: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 2 no
- West Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Arizona: 1 yes, 1 no
- New Mexico: 1 yes, 1 no
- Kansas: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: 0 yes, 2 no
- Tennessee: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 1 yes, 1 no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 1 yes, 1 no
- Louisiana: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 2 no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Hawaii: 0 yes, 2 no
- 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.
Alaska 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Maurice Robert Gravel (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Theodore Fulton Stevens (Republican) — YEA
Alabama 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 0 yes, 2 no
Arizona 1 yes, 1 no
California 1 yes, 1 no
Colorado 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gary Warren Hart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Lester Armstrong (Republican) — YEA
Connecticut 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Victor Roth Jr. (Republican) — YEA
Florida 0 yes, 2 no
Georgia 0 yes, 2 no
Hawaii 0 yes, 2 no
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Idaho 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Frank Forrester Church (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Albertus McClure (Republican) — YEA
Illinois 1 yes, 1 no
Indiana 1 yes, 1 no
Kansas 1 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 2 no
Louisiana 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. (Democrat) — NAY
- Russell Billiu Long (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Moore Kennedy (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas (Democrat) — NAY
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George John Mitchell (Democrat) — NAY
- William Sebastian Cohen (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Michigan 1 yes, 1 no
Minnesota 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri 1 yes, 1 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 2 no
Montana 0 yes, 2 no
- John Melcher (Democrat) — NAY
- Max Baucus (Democrat) — NAY
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 0 yes, 2 no
Nebraska 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Edward Zorinsky (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- J. James Exon (Democrat) — NAY
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no
New Mexico 1 yes, 1 no
Nevada 0 yes, 2 no
New York 1 yes, 1 no
Ohio 0 yes, 2 no
Oklahoma 1 yes, 1 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry John Heinz III (Republican) — YEA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Rhode Island 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Hubbard Chafee (Republican) — YEA
South Carolina 1 yes, 1 no
South Dakota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Stanley McGovern (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Larry Lee Pressler (Republican) — YEA
Tennessee 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Ralph Sasser (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Texas 0 yes, 2 no
Utah 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 0 yes, 2 no
Washington 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Henry Martin Jackson (Democrat) — NAY
- Warren Grant Magnuson (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no
Every vote, by name — 101 members
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