Roll Call Vote #536 · 104th Congress · Session 1 · Oct 27, 1995, 4:41 PM (ET)
On the Motion (Motion to Waive CBA Re: Specter Amendment No. 2986 As Modified)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2986 (To express the sense of the Senate concerning a flat tax and reform of the current Tax Code.)
Motion Rejected (17-82, 3/5 majority required)
17 Yea
82 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 49 senators
12 Yea / 37 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
4 Yea / 41 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Hank Brown (Republican–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Campbell (Republican–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Larry Craig (Republican–ID) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Dole (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Rod Grams (Republican–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jesse Helms (Republican–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Inhofe (Republican–OK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Dirk Kempthorne (Republican–ID) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Chester Lott (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Frank Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Donald Nickles (Republican–OK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Larry Pressler (Republican–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 17
- Max Baucus (MT)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
Nay 82
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- William Frist (TN)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).