Senate roll call 186 · 105th Congress · Jul 17, 1997
To allow postal patrons to contribute to funding for breast-cancer research through the voluntary purchase of certain specially issued United States postage sta
On Jul 17, 1997, the Senate voted 83–17 on “On the Amendment” (S 1023). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 44–11, Democrats 39–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- Amendment Agreed to
- Yes
- 83
- No
- 17
- Date
- Jul 17, 1997
By party
- Republicans44 yes · 11 no
- Democrats39 yes · 6 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE voted no
- Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl 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
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- 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
- Spencer Abraham R-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Rod Grams R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John David Ashcroft R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott 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. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- 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
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- 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
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-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
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Carl Levin D-MI
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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