Senate roll call 78 · 104th Congress · Feb 23, 1995
A joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
On Feb 23, 1995, the Senate voted 60–35 on “On the Motion to Table” (HJRES 1). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 49–0, Democrats 11–35. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 60
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Feb 23, 1995
By party
- Republicans49 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 35 no · 2 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
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted yes
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
- Harry Reid D-NV voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- 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
- 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
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Sheila Frahm R-KS
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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