Senate roll call 845 · 104th Congress · Jul 23, 1996
A bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(a)(1) of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1997.
On Jul 23, 1996, the Senate voted 74–24 on “On Passage of the Bill” (HR 3734). Result: Bill Passed. By party: Republicans 51–1, Democrats 23–23. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 24 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
- Bill Passed
- Yes
- 74
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Jul 23, 1996
By party
- Republicans51 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats23 yes · 23 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- Barbara Boxer D-CA voted no
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL voted no
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC voted no
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted no
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Patty Murray D-WA voted no
The bill
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
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-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
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- 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
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- 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
- 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
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- 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
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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