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1992 Senate Vote on Terminating Space Station Funding

JUL 07, 1993

During last year’s consideration of space station funding, the Senate rejected by a vote of 34-63 an amendment to terminate the project’s funding.

Below is the September 7, 1992 roll call vote on this amendment. A YES vote was in favor of TERMINATING the station. A NO vote was in SUPPORT of the station. Freshman senators (FS) are so designated, followed by yes/no/not voting, as applicable, if they were formerly a representative casting a vote on a similar amendment in the House in 1992.

Akaka (HI)

No

Ford (KY)

Yes

Baucus (MT)

Yes

Glenn (OH)

No

Bennnett (UT)

FS

Gorton (WA)

No

Biden (DE)

Not voting

Graham (FL)

No

Bingaman (NM)

No

Gramm (TX)

No

Bond (MO)

No

Grassley (IA)

No

Boren (OK)

No

Gregg (NH)

FS

Boxer (CA)

FS-Not voting

Harkin (IA)

Yes

Bradley (NJ)

Yes

Hatch (UT)

No

Breaux (LA)

No

Hatfield (OR)

No

Brown (CO)

No

Heflin (AL)

No

Bryan (NV)

Yes

Helms (NC)

No

Bumpers (AR)

Yes

Hollings (SC)

Yes

Burns (MT)

No

Hutchison (TX)

FS

Byrd (WV)

Yes

Inouye (HI)

No

Campbell (CO)

FS-Not voting

Jeffords (VT)

No

Chafee (RI)

Yes

Johnston (LA)

No

Coats (IN)

No

Kassebaum (KS)

No

Cochran (MS)

No

Kempthorne (ID)

FS

Cohen (ME)

Yes

Kennedy (MA)

Yes

Conrad (ND)

Yes

Kerrey (NE)

No

Coverdell (GA)

FS

Kerry (MA)

Yes

Craig (ID)

No

Kohl (WI)

Yes

D’Amato (NY)

No

Lautenberg (NJ)

Yes

Danforth (MO)

No

Leahy (VT)

Yes

Daschle (SD)

Yes

Levin (MI)

Yes

DeConcini (AZ)

Yes

Lieberman (CT)

No

Dodd (CT)

No

Lott (MS)

No

Dole (KS)

No

Lugar (IN)

No

Domenici (NM)

No

Mack (FL)

No

Dorgan (ND)

FS-Yes

Mathews (TN)

FS

Durenberger (MN)

No

McCain (AZ)

No

Exon (NE)

Yes

McConnell (KY)

No

Faircloth (NC)

FS

Metzenbaum (OH)

Yes

Feingold (WI)

FS

Mikulski (MD)

No

Feinstein (CA)

FS

Mitchell (ME)

Yes

Moseley-Braun (IL)

FS

Moynihan (NY)

No

Murkowski (AK)

No

Murray (WA)

FS

Nickles (OK)

No

Nunn (GA)

Yes

Packwood (OR)

No

Pell (RI)

No

Pressler (SD)

No

Pryor (AR)

Yes

Reid (NV)

Yes

Riegle (MI)

No

Robb (VA)

No

Rockefeller (WV)

Yes

Roth (DE)

No

Sarbanes (MD)

No

Sasser (TN)

Yes

Shelby (AL)

No

Simon (IL)

Yes

Simpson (WY)

No

Smith (NH)

No

Specter (PA)

Yes

Stevens (AK)

No

Thurmond (SC)

No

Wallop (WY)

No

Warner (VA)

Yes

Wellstone (MN)

Yes

Wofford (PA)

No

The Senate VA, HUD, Independent Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee is scheduled to mark-up its version of H.R. 2491, the FY 1994 appropriations bill containing funding for NASA, the week of July 12. Full Senate consideration should occur shortly thereafter. The House-passed version of this bill contains $2.1 billion for the space station.

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