Roll Call Vote #600 · 104th Congress · Session 1 · Dec 12, 1995, 3:29 PM (ET)
On the Joint Resolution S.J.Res. 31 (S.J.Res. 31)
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to grant Congress and the States the power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
Joint Resolution Defeated (63-36, 2/3 majority required)
63 Yea
36 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 49 senators
47 Yea / 2 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
15 Yea / 30 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 -
Bob Bennett (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Bryan (Democrat–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) 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 63
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 36
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).