Senate roll call 508 · 104th Congress · Oct 26, 1995
To allow senior citizens to continue to choose their doctors.
On Oct 26, 1995, the Senate voted 79–20 on “On the Amendment” (S 1357). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 39–14, Democrats 40–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- Amendment Agreed to
- Yes
- 79
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Oct 26, 1995
By party
- Republicans39 yes · 14 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats40 yes · 6 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- Connie Mack III R-FL voted no
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
- Rod Grams R-MN voted no
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted no
- John David Ashcroft R-MO voted no
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Richard H Bryan D-NV voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN voted no
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY 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
- 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
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- 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
- 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
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- 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
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- William H. Frist R-TN
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Rod Grams R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John David Ashcroft R-MO
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Did not vote
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- Sheila Frahm R-KS
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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