To provide for certain disclosures and limitations with respect to the transference of human fetal tissue.

On Oct 21, 1999, the Senate voted 46–51 on “On the Amendment” (S 1692). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 45–7, Democrats 1–44. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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: 46
No: 51
Did not vote: 5
Date: Oct 21, 1999

By party

Republicans45 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats1 yes · 44 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski 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
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
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
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
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
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
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
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
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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Capitol Receipts, “To provide for certain disclosures and…: Senate Vote, Oct 21, 1999,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/106-S-338/to-provide-for-certain-disclosures-and-limitations-with-respect (accessed 2026-10-17).