Senate roll call 378 · 106th Congress · Feb 2, 2000
To provide for the nondischargeability of debts arising from firearm-related debts, and for other purposes.
On Feb 2, 2000, the Senate voted 29–68 on “On the Amendment” (S 625). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 1–51, Democrats 28–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 29
- No
- 68
- Did not vote
- 5
- Date
- Feb 2, 2000
By party
- Republicans1 yes · 51 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 17 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- Evan Bayh D-IN voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- John Edwards D-NC voted no
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Richard H Bryan D-NV voted no
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV 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
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- 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
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- 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
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Edwards D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- 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
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Zell Bryan Miller D-GA
- Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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