A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September

On Jul 20, 2000, the Senate voted 79–13 on “On Passage of the Bill” (HR 4461). Result: Bill Passed. By party: Republicans 44–9, Democrats 35–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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: Bill Passed
Yes: 79
No: 13
Did not vote: 10
Date: Jul 20, 2000

By party

Republicans44 yes · 9 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats35 yes · 4 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Connie Mack III R-FL voted no
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted no
George Victor Voinovich R-OH voted no
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
Michael B. Enzi R-WY voted no

The bill

H.R. 4461: Making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

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
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-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
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
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
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg 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
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
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “A bill making appropriations for…: Senate Vote, Jul 20, 2000,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/106-S-599/a-bill-making-appropriations-for-agriculture-rural-development-food (accessed 2026-10-17).