Senate roll call 82 · 105th Congress · May 22, 1997
To delay the effectiveness of the tax cuts assumed in the Budget Resolution until the Federal budget is balanced.
On May 22, 1997, the Senate voted 81–18 on “On the Motion to Table” (SCONRES 27). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 54–0, Democrats 27–18. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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 to Table Agreed to
- Yes
- 81
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- May 22, 1997
By party
- Republicans54 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 18 no
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Richard H Bryan D-NV voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted no
- Patty Murray D-WA voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
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
- 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
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- 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
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski 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
- William Thad Cochran 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
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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