A joint resolution affirming that budget negotiations shall be based on the most recent technical and economic assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office an

On Dec 21, 1995, the Senate voted 94–0 on “On the Joint Resolution” (HJRES 132). Result: Joint Resolution Passed. By party: Republicans 49–0, Democrats 45–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes.

During the 104th Congress (1995–1996), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Joint Resolution Passed
Yes: 94
No: 0
Did not vote: 9
Date: Dec 21, 1995

By party

Republicans49 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Democrats45 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.

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
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
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
Rod Grams R-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond 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
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
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
Michael Dewine R-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
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
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
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Patty Murray D-WA
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-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

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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