A bill to amend the Small Business Investment Act to make improvements to the certified development company program, and for other purposes.

On Oct 26, 2000, the Senate voted 55–40 on “On the Motion to Proceed” (HR 2614). Result: Motion to Proceed Agreed to. By party: Republicans 50–1, Democrats 5–39. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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: Motion to Proceed Agreed to
Yes: 55
No: 40
Did not vote: 7
Date: Oct 26, 2000

By party

Republicans50 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 39 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Zell Bryan Miller D-GA voted yes
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI 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
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
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
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
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
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
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
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 to amend the Small Business…: Senate Vote, Oct 26, 2000,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/106-S-660/a-bill-to-amend-the-small-business-investment-act (accessed 2026-10-17).