An original bill making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for oth

On Jun 28, 1999, the Senate voted 49–41 on “On the Cloture Motion” (S 1234). Result: Cloture Motion Rejected. By party: Republicans 48–1, Democrats 1–40. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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: Cloture Motion Rejected
Yes: 49
No: 41
Did not vote: 12
Date: Jun 28, 1999

By party

Republicans48 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 40 no · 5 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
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
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
James Paul David Bunning 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
Jesse Helms R-NC
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles 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
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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