Roll Call Vote #382 · 103rd Congress · Session 1 · Nov 17, 1993, 6:00 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1206 to S. 24 (Independent Counsel Reauthorization Act of 1994) (S. 24)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1206 (To repeal the separate independent counsel appointment process and provide for the Presidential appointment of a special counsel within the Department of Justice if necessary to avoid a conflict of interest.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (68-29)
68 Yea
29 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Democrat 56 senators
51 Yea / 3 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Republican 44 senators
17 Yea / 26 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Bob Bennett (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Hank Brown (Republican–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Conrad Burns (Republican–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Campbell (Democrat–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
David Durenberger (Republican–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Slade Gorton, III (Republican–WA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Chuck Grassley (Republican–IA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Shelby (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alan Simpson (Republican–WY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Strom Thurmond (Republican–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 68
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- David Boren (OK)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dennis DeConcini (AZ)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- David Durenberger (MN)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Harlan Mathews (TN)
- Howard Metzenbaum (OH)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- George Mitchell (ME)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Donald Riegle, Jr. (MI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- James Sasser (TN)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Harris Wofford (PA)
Nay 29
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- John Danforth (MO)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Malcolm Wallop (WY)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 3
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
Other Votes on S. 24
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Vote #381 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1205 to S. 24 (Independent Counsel Reauthorizati…Motion to Table Agreed to (67-31) Nov 17, 1993
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Vote #383 On Passage of the Bill S. 24Bill Passed (76-21) Nov 18, 1993
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).