To restore funds cut from the National Institutes of Health.

On May 24, 1995, the Senate voted 85–14 on “On the Amendment” (SCONRES 13). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 42–11, Democrats 43–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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: Amendment Agreed to
Yes: 85
No: 14
Did not vote: 4
Date: May 24, 1995

By party

Republicans42 yes · 11 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats43 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID voted no
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
John David Ashcroft R-MO voted no
Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN voted no
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
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
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
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
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 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
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
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
Richard H Bryan D-NV
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
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
William H. Frist R-TN
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Patty Murray D-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
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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