To increase funding for activities carried out under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990.

On Sep 30, 1999, the Senate voted 41–54 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 1650). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Republicans 39–11, Democrats 2–43. 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 to Table Failed
Yes: 41
No: 54
Did not vote: 7
Date: Sep 30, 1999

By party

Republicans39 yes · 11 no · 6 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 43 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO voted no
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE 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
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI 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
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
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
Rod Grams R-MN
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
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
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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