A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to strengthen the safety net for agricultural producers by providing greater access to more affordable risk manag

On May 25, 2000, the Senate voted 91–4 on “On the Conference Report” (HR 2559). Result: Conference Report Agreed to. By party: Republicans 48–4, Democrats 43–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 4 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: Conference Report Agreed to
Yes: 91
No: 4
Did not vote: 7
Date: May 25, 2000

By party

Republicans48 yes · 4 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats43 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
Connie Mack III R-FL voted no
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no

The bill

H.R. 2559: To amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to strengthen the safety net for agricultural producers by providing greater access to more affordable risk management tools and improved protection from production and income loss, to improve the efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program, and for other purposes.

How each senator voted: Yes

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
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
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
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
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
John Edwards D-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Kent Conrad D-ND
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Pete Vichi Domenici R-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
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
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
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
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
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
Patty Murray D-WA
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Russell Dana Feingold 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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