Senate roll call 834 · 104th Congress · Jul 23, 1996
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit for adoption expenses and to exclude from gross income employee and military adoption
On Jul 23, 1996, the Senate voted 78–21 on “On the Motion” (S 1956). Result: Motion Agreed to. By party: Republicans 46–6, Democrats 32–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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 Agreed to
- Yes
- 78
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Jul 23, 1996
By party
- Republicans46 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 15 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
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Richard H Bryan D-NV voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV 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 I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- 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
- Sheila Frahm R-KS
- 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
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Spencer Abraham R-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- 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
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-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
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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