A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

On Aug 8, 1995, the Senate voted 46–51 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 1977). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Republicans 8–44, Democrats 38–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: Motion to Table Failed
Yes: 46
No: 51
Did not vote: 6
Date: Aug 8, 1995

By party

Republicans8 yes · 44 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats38 yes · 7 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted yes
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted yes
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
Harry Reid D-NV voted no
Richard H Bryan D-NV voted no
Michael Dewine R-OH voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

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
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
Wendell Hampton Ford D-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
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
Richard H Bryan D-NV
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
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
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
John William Warner R-VA
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “A bill making appropriations for the…: Senate Vote, Aug 8, 1995,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/104-S-372/a-bill-making-appropriations-for-the-department-of-the (accessed 2026-10-17).