Senate roll call 714 · 104th Congress · May 1, 1996
To strike provisions providing for the implementation of a national identification system and those provisions requiring State driver's licenses and birth certi
On May 1, 1996, the Senate voted 54–46 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 1664). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 20–33, Democrats 34–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 33 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
- 54
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- May 1, 1996
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 33 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 13 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted yes
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO voted yes
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted yes
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC voted yes
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted yes
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Patty Murray D-WA voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY 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
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- 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 Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- 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
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- 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
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-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
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Spencer Abraham R-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Rod Grams R-MN
- John David Ashcroft R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- 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
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Did not vote
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- Sheila Frahm R-KS
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
Other votes
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