A bill making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

On Oct 2, 2000, the Senate voted 57–37 on “On the Conference Report” (HR 4733). Result: Conference Report Agreed to. By party: Republicans 51–1, Democrats 6–36. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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: 57
No: 37
Did not vote: 8
Date: Oct 2, 2000

By party

Republicans51 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats6 yes · 36 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted yes
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
Zell Bryan Miller D-GA voted yes
John Edwards D-NC voted yes
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
Patty Murray D-WA voted yes
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV 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
Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
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
Connie Mack III R-FL
Zell Bryan Miller D-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
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Spencer Abraham R-MI
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
John Edwards D-NC
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
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
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
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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Capitol Receipts, “A bill making appropriations for energy and…: Senate Vote, Oct 2, 2000,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/106-S-635/a-bill-making-appropriations-for-energy-and-water-development (accessed 2026-10-16).