Senate roll call 661 · 104th Congress · Mar 21, 1996
To increase the fee charged for grazing on Federal land.
On Mar 21, 1996, the Senate voted 52–47 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 1459). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 41–12, Democrats 11–35. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 52
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Mar 21, 1996
By party
- Republicans41 yes · 12 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 35 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted yes
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
- Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
- Harry Reid D-NV voted yes
- Richard H Bryan D-NV voted yes
- Michael Dewine R-OH voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted yes
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- 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
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- 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
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- 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
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- 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
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- 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
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. 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
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-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
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- 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
Did not vote
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- Sheila Frahm R-KS
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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