Roll Call Vote #467 · 104th Congress · Session 1 · Sep 27, 1995, 10:11 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2786 to H.R. 2099 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996) (H.R. 2099)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2786 (To provide that any provision that limits implementation or enforcement of any environmental law shall not apply if the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency determines that application of the prohibition or limitation would diminsh the protection of human health or the environment otherwise provided by law.)
Amendment Rejected (39-61)
39 Yea
61 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 54 senators
5 Yea / 49 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 46 senators
34 Yea / 12 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) 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 -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Kerrey (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Moynihan (Democrat–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 39
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- John Chafee (RI)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Nay 61
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Other Votes on H.R. 2099
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Vote #463 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2776 to H.R. 2099 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and…Amendment Rejected (35-64) Sep 26, 1995
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Vote #464 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2781 to H.R. 2099 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and…Amendment Rejected (47-52) Sep 26, 1995
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Vote #468 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2782 to H.R. 2099 (Departments of Veterans Affai…Motion to Table Agreed to (52-48) Sep 27, 1995
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Vote #470 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 2099Bill Passed (55-45) Sep 27, 1995
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Vote #606 On the Conference Report H.R. 2099Conference Report Agreed to (54-44) Dec 14, 1995
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).