Senate roll call 311 · 106th Congress · Oct 5, 1999
To state requirements applicable to air carriers that bump passengers involuntarily.
On Oct 5, 1999, the Senate voted 30–68 on “On the Amendment” (S 82). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 3–50, Democrats 27–18. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 30
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Oct 5, 1999
By party
- Republicans3 yes · 50 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 18 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
- Evan Bayh D-IN voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- John Edwards D-NC voted no
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- Patty Murray D-WA voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd 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
- 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
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-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
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- 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
- John Edwards D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- 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
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Zell Bryan Miller D-GA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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