To restore funding for Indian education.

On Aug 9, 1995, the Senate voted 68–30 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 1977). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 44–9, Democrats 24–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 30 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: 68
No: 30
Did not vote: 5
Date: Aug 9, 1995

By party

Republicans44 yes · 9 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats24 yes · 21 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
Barbara Boxer D-CA voted no
Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO voted no
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
Conrad Burns R-MT voted no
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted no
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
Richard H Bryan D-NV voted no
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted no
Patty Murray D-WA voted no
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Dale Bumpers D-AR
David Hampton Pryor D-AR
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Carol Moseley Braun 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
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
Carl Levin D-MI
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
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
J. James Exon D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
Harry Reid D-NV
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
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
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
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
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
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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