To provide for reduction of United States military forces in Europe in relationship to any deficiency in allied defense burdensharing.

On Aug 4, 1995, the Senate voted 70–26 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 1026). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 44–8, Democrats 26–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 26 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: 70
No: 26
Did not vote: 7
Date: Aug 4, 1995

By party

Republicans44 yes · 8 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats26 yes · 18 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Barbara Boxer D-CA voted no
Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO voted no
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Carol Moseley Braun D-IL voted no
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Spencer Abraham R-MI voted no
Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
Rod Grams R-MN voted no
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
Harry Reid D-NV voted no
Richard H Bryan D-NV voted no
Michael Dewine R-OH voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
Craig Lyle Thomas 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
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-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
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
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
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
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
Carl Levin D-MI
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
J. James Exon D-NE
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
Robert C. Smith R-NH
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-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
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
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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