Senate roll call 612 · 105th Congress · Oct 21, 1998
A bill making appropriations for the Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.
On Oct 21, 1998, the Senate voted 65–29 on “On the Conference Report” (HR 4328). Result: Conference Report Agreed to. By party: Republicans 33–20, Democrats 32–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 29 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
- Conference Report Agreed to
- Yes
- 65
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Oct 21, 1998
By party
- Republicans33 yes · 20 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL voted no
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
- Rod Grams R-MN voted no
- John David Ashcroft R-MO voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE voted no
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted no
- Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted no
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY voted no
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Spencer Abraham R-MI
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- 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
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
- 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
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Rod Grams R-MN
- John David Ashcroft R-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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