Expressing the sense of the Senate that the 104th Congress should consider comprehensive campaign finance reform legislation.

On Jul 20, 1995, the Senate voted 41–57 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 1854). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Republicans 41–13, Democrats 0–44. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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 Failed
Yes: 41
No: 57
Did not vote: 5
Date: Jul 20, 1995

By party

Republicans41 yes · 13 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 44 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN voted no
John William Warner R-VA 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
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
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
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
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
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Robert William Packwood R-OR
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
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
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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