Roll Call Vote #607 · 104th Congress · Session 1 · Dec 15, 1995, 3:42 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Proceed H.R. 1530 (H.R. 1530)
A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1996 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 1996, and for other purposes.
Motion to Proceed Agreed to (66-23)
66 Yea
23 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 53 senators
46 Yea / 2 Nay
5 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 46 senators
20 Yea / 21 Nay
5 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Daniel Akaka (Democrat–HI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) 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 Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Thomas Daschle (Democrat–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
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 -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Kerrey (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Patty Murray (Democrat–WA) 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 -
Charles Robb (Democrat–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Paul Wellstone (Democrat–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 66
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- 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)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Nay 23
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
Not Voting 10
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- William Frist (TN)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- John Kerry (MA)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Other Votes on H.R. 1530
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Vote #399 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 1530Bill Passed (64-34) Sep 6, 1995
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Vote #608 On the Conference Report H.R. 1530Conference Report Agreed to (51-43) Dec 19, 1995
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).