Bradley A. Smith, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission for a term expiring April 30, 2005

On May 24, 2000, the Senate voted 64–35 on “On the Nomination” (PN 814). Result: Nomination Confirmed. By party: Republicans 54–1, Democrats 10–34. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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: Nomination Confirmed
Yes: 64
No: 35
Did not vote: 3
Date: May 24, 2000

By party

Republicans54 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats10 yes · 34 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted yes
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted yes
Harry Reid D-NV voted yes
Richard H Bryan D-NV voted yes
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT 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
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
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
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
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
Richard H Bryan D-NV
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
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
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
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
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
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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