To restore funding for social services block grants.

On Sep 30, 1999, the Senate voted 39–57 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 1650). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Republicans 38–13, Democrats 1–44. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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 to Table Failed
Yes: 39
No: 57
Did not vote: 6
Date: Sep 30, 1999

By party

Republicans38 yes · 13 no · 5 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 44 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted no
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
Spencer Abraham R-MI voted no
Michael Dewine R-OH voted no
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted no
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted no
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX voted no
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI 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
Paul Coverdell R-GA
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
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
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Arlen Specter R-PA
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
John William Warner R-VA
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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