A resolution relating to the censure of William Jefferson Clinton.

On Feb 12, 1999, the Senate voted 43–56 on “On the Motion” (SRES 44). Result: Motion Rejected. By party: Republicans 42–12, Democrats 1–44. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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: Motion Rejected
Yes: 43
No: 56
Did not vote: 3
Date: Feb 12, 1999

By party

Republicans42 yes · 12 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 44 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
Spencer Abraham R-MI voted no
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX voted no
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted no
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
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
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
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
Robert C. Smith R-NH
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Arlen Specter R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch 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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