Proposing an amendment to the Constitution relative to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections for Federal, State, and local office.

On Feb 14, 1995, the Senate voted 52–45 on “On the Motion to Table” (HJRES 1). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 49–2, Democrats 3–43. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 5 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: 45
Did not vote: 6
Date: Feb 14, 1995

By party

Republicans49 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 43 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted no
Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted yes
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
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
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
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen 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
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
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
Robert William Packwood R-OR
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
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
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
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, “Proposing an amendment to the Constitution…: Senate Vote, Feb 14, 1995,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/104-S-68/proposing-an-amendment-to-the-constitution-relative-to-contributions (accessed 2026-10-15).