To transfer additional funds for mass transit operating assistance.

On Aug 9, 1995, the Senate voted 68–30 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 2002). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 41–12, Democrats 27–18. 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

Republicans41 yes · 12 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats27 yes · 18 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Carol Moseley Braun D-IL voted no
Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted no
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
Carl Levin D-MI voted no
Spencer Abraham R-MI voted no
Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
Conrad Burns R-MT voted no
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
Michael Dewine R-OH voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN voted no
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no

The bill

H.R. 2002: Making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Dale Bumpers D-AR
David Hampton Pryor D-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
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
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Kent Conrad D-ND
J. James Exon D-NE
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
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
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
Robert William Packwood R-OR
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
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
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Patty Murray D-WA
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
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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