To ensure due process in deportation proceedings.

On Jun 6, 1995, the Senate voted 81–15 on “On the Amendment” (S 735). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 39–13, Democrats 42–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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: 81
No: 15
Did not vote: 7
Date: Jun 6, 1995

By party

Republicans39 yes · 13 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats42 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

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
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
Connie Mack III R-FL voted no
Paul Coverdell R-GA voted no
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN voted no
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no

The bill

S. 735: A bill to prevent and punish acts of terrorism, and for other purposes.

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
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
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
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
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
John David Ashcroft R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan 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
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
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
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
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
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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