Senate roll call 135 · 105th Congress · Jun 26, 1997
To provide for children's health insurance initiatives.
On Jun 26, 1997, the Senate voted 80–19 on “On the Motion” (S 949). Result: Motion Agreed to. By party: Republicans 36–18, Democrats 44–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 members voted against their own party.
During the 105th Congress (1997–1998), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Motion Agreed to
- Yes
- 80
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Jun 26, 1997
By party
- Republicans36 yes · 18 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats44 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL voted no
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted no
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
- Paul Coverdell R-GA voted no
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
- Rod Grams R-MN voted no
- John David Ashcroft R-MO voted no
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC voted no
- Jesse Helms 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
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN voted no
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman 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
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- 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
- Susan Margaret Collins 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
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli 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
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- William H. Frist R-TN
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison 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
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Rod Grams R-MN
- John David Ashcroft R-MO
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Did not vote
Other votes
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