A bill to extend, reform, and improve agricultural commodity, trade, conservation, and other programs, and for other purposes.

On Feb 1, 1996, the Senate voted 53–45 on “On the Cloture Motion” (S 1541). Result: Cloture Motion Rejected. By party: Republicans 50–3, Democrats 3–42. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 6 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: Cloture Motion Rejected
Yes: 53
No: 45
Did not vote: 5
Date: Feb 1, 1996

By party

Republicans50 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 42 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted yes
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-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
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
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
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
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
Arlen Specter R-PA
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
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
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
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, “A bill to extend, reform, and improve…: Senate Vote, Feb 1, 1996,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/104-S-620/a-bill-to-extend-reform-and-improve-agricultural-commodity (accessed 2026-10-17).