To authorize flow control for a limited period of time to ensure that States and political subdivisions are able to service debts incurred for the construction

On May 11, 1995, the Senate voted 79–21 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 534). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 39–15, Democrats 40–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 members voted against their own party.

During the 104th Congress (1995–1996), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Motion to Table Agreed to
Yes: 79
No: 21
Did not vote: 3
Date: May 11, 1995

By party

Republicans39 yes · 15 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats40 yes · 6 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO voted no
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID voted no
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
John David Ashcroft R-MO voted no
Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
Richard H Bryan D-NV voted no
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted no
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Dale Bumpers D-AR
David Hampton Pryor D-AR
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
John Forbes Kerry D-MA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
Carl Levin D-MI
Spencer Abraham R-MI
Paul David Wellstone D-MN
Rod Grams R-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
Conrad Burns R-MT
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Kent Conrad D-ND
J. James Exon D-NE
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
Robert William Packwood R-OR
Arlen Specter R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Patty Murray D-WA
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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