To strike the provisions relating to the toxic release inventory review.

On Jul 13, 1995, the Senate voted 50–48 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 343). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 47–7, Democrats 3–41. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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: 50
No: 48
Did not vote: 5
Date: Jul 13, 1995

By party

Republicans47 yes · 7 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 41 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT 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
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
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
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
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
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
John William Warner R-VA
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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