To prohibit candidates and Members of Congress from accepting certain contributions while Congress is in session.

On Mar 20, 2001, the Senate voted 74–25 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 27). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 27–23, Democrats 47–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 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: 74
No: 25
Did not vote: 3
Date: Mar 20, 2001

By party

Republicans27 yes · 23 no
Democrats47 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL voted no
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted no
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO voted no
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS voted no
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted no
James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted no
Conrad Burns R-MT voted no
Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
John Edwards D-NC voted no
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
John Eric Ensign R-NV voted no
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted no
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted no
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted no
James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
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
Conrad Burns R-MT
Jesse Helms R-NC
John Edwards D-NC
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
John Eric Ensign R-NV
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
John William Warner R-VA

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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