Senate roll call 447 · 106th Congress · Apr 7, 2000
To increase discretionary health funding by $1,600,000,000.
On Apr 7, 2000, the Senate voted 45–55 on “On the Amendment” (SCONRES 101). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 45–10, Democrats 0–45. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 45
- No
- 55
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Apr 7, 2000
By party
- Republicans45 yes · 10 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 45 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
- Connie Mack III R-FL voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
- Spencer Abraham R-MI voted no
- Michael Dewine R-OH voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted no
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
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
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- 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
- 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
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- 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
- John William Warner R-VA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- 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
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- 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
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Spencer Abraham R-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- John Edwards D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- 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
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Zell Bryan Miller D-GA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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