Roll Call Vote #116 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · May 16, 1996, 5:55 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3971 to S.Amdt. 3965 to S.Con.Res. 57 (No short title on file) (S.Con.Res. 57)
Amendment S.Amdt. 3971 (To restore funds to the Veteran's Administration Medical Care program, offset by a reduction in welfare benefits.)
Amendment Agreed to (75-23)
75 Yea
23 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 53 senators
52 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 47 senators
23 Yea / 23 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joe Biden, Jr. (Democrat–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) 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 -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) 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 -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) 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 -
John Kerry (Democrat–MA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Carl Levin (Democrat–MI) 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 -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 75
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- 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)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 23
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 2
- Robert Dole (KS)
- David Pryor (AR)
Other Votes on S.Con.Res. 57
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Vote #113 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3963 to S.Con.Res. 57 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (42-57) May 15, 1996
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Vote #115 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3973 to S.Amdt. 3965 to S.Con.Res. 57 (No short title …Amendment Rejected (45-53) May 16, 1996
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Vote #117 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3979 to S.Con.Res. 57 (No short title on file)Motion to Table Agreed to (55-43) May 16, 1996
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Vote #118 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3980 to S.Con.Res. 57 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (53-45) May 16, 1996
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Vote #119 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3965 to S.Con.Res. 57 (No short title on file)Amendment Rejected (45-53) May 16, 1996
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Vote #120 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3982 to S.Con.Res. 57 (No short title on file)Motion to Table Agreed to (55-45) May 22, 1996
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Vote #121 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3985 to S.Con.Res. 57 (No short title on file)Motion to Table Agreed to (56-44) May 22, 1996
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Vote #122 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4028 to S.Amdt. 3986 to S.Con.Res. 57 (No short title …Amendment Agreed to (52-48) May 22, 1996
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Vote #123 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3986 to S.Con.Res. 57 (No short title on file)Motion to Table Agreed to (51-49) May 22, 1996
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Vote #124 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3987 to S.Con.Res. 57 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (100-0) May 22, 1996
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).