No Statement of Purpose on File.

On Apr 2, 1998, the Senate voted 52–46 on “On the Amendment” (SCONRES 86). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 47–7, Democrats 5–39. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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: 52
No: 46
Did not vote: 2
Date: Apr 2, 1998

By party

Republicans47 yes · 7 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 39 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO voted no
Paul Coverdell R-GA voted no
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted yes
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
A. Wayne Allard 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
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
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
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
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
John William Warner R-VA
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Jesse Helms R-NC

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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