A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for the designation of the National Highway System, and for other purposes.

On Nov 17, 1995, the Senate voted 80–16 on “On the Conference Report” (S 440). Result: Conference Report Agreed to. By party: Republicans 47–3, Democrats 33–13. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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: Conference Report Agreed to
Yes: 80
No: 16
Did not vote: 7
Date: Nov 17, 1995

By party

Republicans47 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
Democrats33 yes · 13 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
Carol Moseley Braun D-IL voted no
Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
Michael Dewine R-OH voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no

The bill

S. 440: A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, to provide for the designation of the National Highway System, 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
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Connie Mack III R-FL
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
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
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
Paul David Wellstone D-MN
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
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
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
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Mark Odom Hatfield 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
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-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
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, “A bill to amend title 23, United States…: Senate Vote, Nov 17, 1995,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/104-S-582/a-bill-to-amend-title-23-united-states-code (accessed 2026-10-15).