A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

On Feb 14, 1995, the Senate voted 66–32 on “On the Motion to Table” (HJRES 1). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 49–3, Democrats 17–29. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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: Motion to Table Agreed to
Yes: 66
No: 32
Did not vote: 5
Date: Feb 14, 1995

By party

Republicans49 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats17 yes · 29 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted yes
Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO voted yes
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted yes
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted yes
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted yes
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
Richard H Bryan D-NV voted yes
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted yes
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes

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 D-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
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
Paul Martin Simon D-IL
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
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
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Richard H Bryan D-NV
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
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
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
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV 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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