Senate roll call 204 · 104th Congress · May 25, 1995
To allow the shift of up to $1,000,000,000 from wasteful bureaucratic overhead and wasteful procurement in the military budget for use in strengthening enforcem
On May 25, 1995, the Senate voted 31–68 on “On the Amendment” (SCONRES 13). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 1–53, Democrats 30–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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 Rejected
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- May 25, 1995
By party
- Republicans1 yes · 53 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats30 yes · 15 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Patty Murray D-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Spencer Abraham R-MI
- Rod Grams R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John David Ashcroft R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-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
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
- 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
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Did not vote
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- Sheila Frahm R-KS
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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