Senate roll call 275 · 106th Congress · Sep 15, 1999
To express the sense of the Senate concerning CAFE standards for sport utility vehicles and other light trucks.
On Sep 15, 1999, the Senate voted 40–55 on “On the Amendment” (HR 2084). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 6–46, Democrats 34–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 40
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Sep 15, 1999
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 46 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats34 yes · 9 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Evan Bayh D-IN voted no
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted no
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted yes
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- John Edwards D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- 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
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- 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
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- 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
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- 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
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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