To protect the disability and death benefits of veterans.

On Feb 22, 1995, the Senate voted 62–33 on “On the Motion to Table” (HJRES 1). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 50–0, Democrats 12–33. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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: 62
No: 33
Did not vote: 8
Date: Feb 22, 1995

By party

Republicans50 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Democrats12 yes · 33 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO voted yes
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted yes
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted yes
J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted yes
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted yes
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI 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 D-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-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
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
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
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
J. James Exon D-NE
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
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
Robert William Packwood R-OR
Arlen Specter R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
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
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
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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