Senate roll call 587 · 106th Congress · Jul 18, 2000
To pay down the debt by striking the tax cuts.
On Jul 18, 2000, the Senate voted 20–79 on “On the Amendment” (HR 4810). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 1–53, Democrats 19–26. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 20
- No
- 79
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 18, 2000
By party
- Republicans1 yes · 53 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 26 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted yes
- Barbara Boxer D-CA voted yes
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted yes
- Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted yes
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH voted yes
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted yes
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted yes
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Russell Dana Feingold 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
- 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
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-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
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- 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
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
- 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
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Zell Bryan Miller D-GA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
Other votes
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