To limit to $257,700,000,000 the total amount authorized to be appropriated.

On Aug 4, 1995, the Senate voted 51–46 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 1026). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 46–7, Democrats 5–39. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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: 51
No: 46
Did not vote: 6
Date: Aug 4, 1995

By party

Republicans46 yes · 7 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 39 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski 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
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
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
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
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
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
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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