Senate roll call 394 · 105th Congress · Apr 23, 1998
To amend section 6201 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for student improvement incentive awards, and for other purposes.
On Apr 23, 1998, the Senate voted 58–42 on “On the Amendment” (HR 2646). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 55–0, Democrats 3–42. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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
- 58
- No
- 42
- Date
- Apr 23, 1998
By party
- Republicans55 yes · 0 no
- Democrats3 yes · 42 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA voted yes
- Harry Reid D-NV 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
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- 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
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- 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
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- 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
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- 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
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- 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
Other votes
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