An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

On Aug 11, 1995, the Senate voted 60–38 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 1087). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 51–3, Democrats 9–35. 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: 60
No: 38
Did not vote: 5
Date: Aug 11, 1995

By party

Republicans51 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 35 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
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted yes
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no

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
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
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
Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
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
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
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
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
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
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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Capitol Receipts, “An original bill making appropriations for…: Senate Vote, Aug 11, 1995,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/104-S-395/an-original-bill-making-appropriations-for-the-department-of (accessed 2026-10-17).