A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the

On Mar 29, 2000, the Senate voted 63–37 on “On the Joint Resolution” (SJRES 14). Result: Joint Resolution Defeated. By party: Republicans 51–4, Democrats 12–33. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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: Joint Resolution Defeated
Yes: 63
No: 37
Did not vote: 2
Date: Mar 29, 2000

By party

Republicans51 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats12 yes · 33 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted yes
Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted yes
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted yes
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA voted yes
Evan Bayh D-IN voted yes
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted no
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted yes
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
Harry Reid D-NV voted yes
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted yes
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV 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
Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL
Evan Bayh D-IN
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
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
Conrad Burns R-MT
Max Sieben Baucus D-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
Harry Reid 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
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson 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
John William Warner R-VA
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Zell Bryan Miller D-GA
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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