The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
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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 27 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 13 every one voted no; 8 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: 2 yes, 0 no
- Vermont: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 1 yes, 1 no
- Washington: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Idaho: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 2 yes, 0 no
- Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
- Michigan: 2 yes, 0 no
- New York: 2 yes, 0 no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 2 yes, 0 no
- Oregon: 2 yes, 0 no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- South Dakota: 1 yes, 1 no
- Iowa: 0 yes, 2 no
- Indiana: 0 yes, 2 no
- Ohio: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 2 yes, 0 no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 0 no
- Connecticut: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- California: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Utah: 0 yes, 2 no
- Colorado: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 1 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
- Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
- West Virginia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
- Maryland: 2 yes, 0 no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 1 no
- Arizona: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- New Mexico: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Kansas: 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Arkansas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
- North Carolina: 0 yes, 2 no
- South Carolina: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: 0 yes, 2 no
- Louisiana: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Mississippi: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alabama: 0 yes, 2 no
- Georgia: 1 yes, 1 no
- Hawaii: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Texas: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Florida: 1 yes, 1 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
- Frank Hughes Murkowski (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Theodore Fulton Stevens (Republican) — YEA
Alabama 0 yes, 2 no
Arkansas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Dale Bumpers (Democrat) — YEA
- David Hampton Pryor (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Arizona 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Barry Morris Goldwater (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Dennis Webster Deconcini (Democrat) — NAY
California 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Alan Cranston (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Pete Wilson (Republican) — YEA
Colorado 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Gary Warren Hart (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Lester Armstrong (Republican) — NAY
Connecticut 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Christopher John Dodd (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (Republican) — YEA
Delaware 1 yes, 1 no
Florida 1 yes, 1 no
Georgia 1 yes, 1 no
Hawaii 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel K. Inouye (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga (Democrat) — YEA
Iowa 0 yes, 2 no
Idaho 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- James Albertus McClure (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Steven Douglas Symms (Republican) — NAY
Illinois 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Robert Joseph Dole (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
- Russell Billiu Long (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 2 yes, 0 no
Maryland 2 yes, 0 no
Maine 2 yes, 0 no
Michigan 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Rudolph Eli Boschwitz (Republican) — YEA
Missouri 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Cornelius Stennis (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Thad Cochran (Republican) — NAY
Montana 2 yes, 0 no
- John Melcher (Democrat) — YEA
- Max Baucus (Democrat) — YEA
North Carolina 0 yes, 2 no
North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no
Nebraska 1 yes, 1 no
New Hampshire 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey 2 yes, 0 no
New Mexico 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jeff Bingaman (Democrat) — YEA
- Pete Vichi Domenici (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nevada 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Jacob Chic Hecht (Republican) — NAY
- Paul Dominique Laxalt (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum (Democrat) — YEA
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Oklahoma 0 yes, 2 no
Oregon 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania 2 yes, 0 no
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ernest Frederick Hollings (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- James Strom Thurmond (Republican) — NAY
South Dakota 1 yes, 1 no
Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no
Texas 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- John Goodwin Tower (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. (Democrat) — YEA
Utah 0 yes, 2 no
Virginia 0 yes, 2 no
Vermont 2 yes, 0 no
Washington 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Daniel Jackson Evans (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Republican) — YEA
Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no
West Virginia 1 yes, 1 no
Wyoming 0 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Alan Kooi Simpson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Malcolm Wallop (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Every vote, by name — 101 members
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