To establish a commission to study the motion picture industry and make recommendations to Congress and the President to promote accountability in the motion pi

On May 20, 1999, the Senate voted 41–56 on “On the Amendment” (S 254). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 38–16, Democrats 3–40. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 members voted against their own party.

During the 106th Congress (1999–2000), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Amendment Rejected
Yes: 41
No: 56
Did not vote: 5
Date: May 20, 1999

By party

Republicans38 yes · 16 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 40 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted no
Connie Mack III R-FL voted no
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
Spencer Abraham R-MI voted no
Rod Grams R-MN voted no
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE voted no
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
George Victor Voinovich R-OH voted no
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted no
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted no
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN voted no
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted yes
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes
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
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
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
Jesse Helms R-NC
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Michael Dewine R-OH
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Arlen Specter R-PA
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
William H. Frist R-TN
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison 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
Herbert H. Kohl 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

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To establish a commission to study the…: Senate Vote, May 20, 1999,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/106-S-138/to-establish-a-commission-to-study-the-motion-picture (accessed 2026-10-17).