Blast from the past - - the 1991 Gates confirmation Senate vote roll call

[AlGore-08.com]

From the AP:

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/16179844.htm

Gates confirmed as secretary of defense
ANNE PLUMMER FLAHERTY
Associated Press

(snip)

Gates' swift approval contrasted with his experience 15 years ago when he was picked to head the CIA.

In 1991, 31 Democrats voted against confirming Gates, citing charges he had pressured intelligence analysts to develop conclusions that fit President Reagan's policies and turned a blind eye to the Iran-Contra scandal - when arms were sold to the Iranians and the cash used to supply the Nicaraguan Contra rebels.

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Here's that roll call vote from 1991 (the names in italics are Dems who are still in the Senate, but who either voted for Gates this time or abstained):

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=102&session=1&vote=00243

Grouped By Vote Position

YEAs ---64
Akaka (D-HI)
Bentsen (D-TX)
Bond (R-MO)
Boren (D-OK)
Breaux (D-LA)
Brown (R-CO)
Bryan (D-NV)
Burns (R-MT)
Byrd (D-WV)
Chafee (R-RI)
Coats (R-IN)
Cochran (R-MS)
Cohen (R-ME)
Craig (R-ID)
D'Amato (R-NY)
Danforth (R-MO)
Dole (R-KS)
Domenici (R-NM)
Durenberger (R-MN)
Ford (D-KY)
Garn (R-UT)
Glenn (D-OH)
Gorton (R-WA)
Graham (D-FL)
Gramm (R-TX)
Grassley (R-IA)
Hatfield (R-OR)
Heflin (D-AL)
Helms (R-NC)
Inouye (D-HI)
Jeffords (R-VT)
Johnston (D-LA)
Kassebaum (R-KS)
Kasten (R-WI)
Kohl (D-WI)
Leahy (D-VT)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Mack (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Nickles (R-OK)
Nunn (D-GA)
Packwood (R-OR)
Pell (D-RI)
Pressler (R-SD)
Reid (D-NV)
Robb (D-VA)
Roth (R-DE)
Rudman (R-NH)
Sanford (D-NC)
Seymour (R-CA)
Shelby (D-AL)
Simpson (R-WY)
Smith (R-NH)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Symms (R-ID)
Thurmond (R-SC)
Wallop (R-WY)
Warner (R-VA)

NAYs ---31
Adams (D-WA)
Baucus (D-MT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Bradley (D-NJ)
Bumpers (D-AR)
Burdick, Quentin S (D-ND)
Conrad (D-ND)
Daschle (D-SD)
DeConcini (D-AZ)
Dixon (D-IL)
Dodd (D-CT)
Exon (D-NE)
Fowler (D-GA)
Gore (D-TN) (Al Gore, not his Dad)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hollings (D-SC)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Levin (D-MI)
Metzenbaum (D-OH)
Mitchell (D-ME)
Moynihan (D-NY)
Pryor (D-AR)
Riegle (D-MI)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Sasser (D-TN)
Simon (D-IL)
Wellstone (D-MN)

Not Voting - 5
Cranston (D-CA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Kerrey (D-NE)
Wirth (D-CO)
Wofford (D-PA)