No Statement of Purpose on File.

On Jul 11, 2001, the Senate voted 42–57 on “On the Motion to Table” (HCONRES 83). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Democrats 4–46, Republicans 38–10, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 members voted against their own party.

During the 107th Congress (2001–2002), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held the House majority, while the Senate was split evenly.

Result: Motion to Table Failed
Yes: 42
No: 57
Did not vote: 3
Date: Jul 11, 2001

By party

Republicans38 yes · 10 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 46 no
Independents0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted no
Zell Bryan Miller D-GA voted yes
Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL voted no
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE voted yes
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
Michael Dewine R-OH voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no

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
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
Zell Bryan Miller D-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
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
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Jesse Helms R-NC
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
Robert C. Smith R-NH
John Eric Ensign R-NV
George Victor Voinovich R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
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
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
George Allen R-VA
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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