Senate roll call 762 · 104th Congress · May 23, 1996
To express the sense of the Senate on long term entitlement reforms.
On May 23, 1996, the Senate voted 63–36 on “On the Motion to Table” (SCONRES 57). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 32–20, Democrats 31–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 36 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
- 63
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- May 23, 1996
By party
- Republicans32 yes · 20 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 16 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Rod Grams R-MN voted no
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted no
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Richard H Bryan D-NV voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Michael Dewine R-OH voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN voted no
- William H. Frist R-TN voted no
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted no
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY 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
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- 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
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Spencer Abraham R-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John David Ashcroft R-MO
- 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
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Rod Grams R-MN
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- 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
- William H. Frist R-TN
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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