Senate roll call 37 · 107th Congress · Mar 19, 2001
To increase contribution limits in response to candidate's use of personal wealth and limit time to use contributions to repay personal loans to campaigns.
On Mar 19, 2001, the Senate voted 51–48 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 27). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 7–43, Democrats 44–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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 Agreed to
- Yes
- 51
- No
- 48
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Mar 19, 2001
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 43 no
- Democrats44 yes · 5 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted yes
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
- Mark Dayton D-MN voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE voted yes
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Thomas Richard Carper D-DE
- Clarence William (Bill) Nelson D-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Zell Bryan Miller D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Deborah Ann Stabenow D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Jean Carnahan D-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- John Edwards D-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Earl Benjamin (Ben) Nelson D-NE
- Jon Stevens Corzine D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Hillary Rodham Clinton D-NY
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Maria E. Cantwell D-WA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd 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
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-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
- Mark Dayton D-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- John Eric Ensign R-NV
- 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
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- 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
- John William Warner R-VA
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Dean Barkley I-MN
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- James Merrill Jeffords I-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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