Senate roll call 909 · 104th Congress · Sep 20, 1996
To provide for a uniform system of incentive pay for certain hazardous duties performed by merchant seamen.
On Sep 20, 1996, the Senate voted 77–16 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 1350). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 35–14, Democrats 42–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 77
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Sep 20, 1996
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 14 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats42 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- Sheila Frahm R-KS voted no
- Rod Grams R-MN voted no
- John David Ashcroft R-MO voted no
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC voted no
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
- Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI 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
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- 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
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- 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
- 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
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- 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
- 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
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
- William H. Frist R-TN
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- 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
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Sheila Frahm R-KS
- Rod Grams R-MN
- John David Ashcroft R-MO
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Did not vote
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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