To provide for the disposal of excess spoil and coal mine waste.

On Nov 18, 1999, the Senate voted 56–33 on “On the Amendment” (HJRES 82). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 39–8, Democrats 17–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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 Agreed to
Yes: 56
No: 33
Did not vote: 13
Date: Nov 18, 1999

By party

Republicans39 yes · 8 no · 9 didn’t vote
Democrats17 yes · 25 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA voted yes
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL voted no
Evan Bayh D-IN voted yes
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS voted no
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
John Edwards D-NC voted yes
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted yes
Kent Conrad D-ND voted yes
Harry Reid D-NV voted yes
Richard H Bryan D-NV voted yes
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted yes
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV 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
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Connie Mack III R-FL
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Evan Bayh D-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Carl Levin D-MI
Spencer Abraham R-MI
Rod Grams R-MN
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
Kent Conrad D-ND
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
Richard H Bryan D-NV
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
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
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
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
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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