To prohibit United States voluntary contributions to the United Nations and its specialized agencies if the United Nations attemps to implement or impose taxati

On Jul 25, 1996, the Senate voted 70–28 on “On the Amendment” (HR 3540). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 50–3, Democrats 20–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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: Amendment Agreed to
Yes: 70
No: 28
Did not vote: 5
Date: Jul 25, 1996

By party

Republicans50 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats20 yes · 25 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted yes
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE 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
John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted yes
Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted yes
Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted yes
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted yes
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted yes
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes

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
Dale Bumpers D-AR
David Hampton Pryor D-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown 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
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
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
Sheila Frahm R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
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
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
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
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
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
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
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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