Senate roll call 865 · 104th Congress · Jul 30, 1996
To limit funding for Appalachian Regional Commission at House-passed level and require the Commission to be phased out in 5 years.
On Jul 30, 1996, the Senate voted 69–30 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 1959). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 24–28, Democrats 45–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 69
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Jul 30, 1996
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 28 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats45 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted yes
- Paul Coverdell R-GA voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted yes
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Conrad Burns R-MT voted yes
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
- Michael Dewine R-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- William H. Frist R-TN voted yes
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted yes
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI 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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- 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
- 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
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- 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
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- William H. Frist R-TN
- 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
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- 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
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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