Roll Call Vote #163 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · Jun 19, 1996, 6:16 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4059 to S. 1745 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997) (S. 1745)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4059 (To repeal the restriction on use of Department of Defense facilities for abortions.)
Motion to Table Failed (45-51)
45 Yea
51 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 53 senators
39 Yea / 12 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 47 senators
6 Yea / 39 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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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 -
Ben Campbell (Republican–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Sheila Frahm (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Slade Gorton, III (Republican–WA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Alan Simpson (Republican–WY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 45
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 51
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Sheila Frahm (KS)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- 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)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 4
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
Other Votes on S. 1745
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Vote #160 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4048 to S. 1745 (National Defense Authorization Act fo…Amendment Rejected (44-53) Jun 19, 1996
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Vote #161 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4052 to S. 1745 (National Defense Authorization …Motion to Table Failed (39-59) Jun 19, 1996
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Vote #162 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4058 to S. 1745 (National Defense Authorization …Motion to Table Agreed to (52-46) Jun 19, 1996
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Vote #164 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4060 to S. 1745 (National Defense Authorization …Motion to Table Agreed to (83-13) Jun 19, 1996
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Vote #169 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4156 to S. 1745 (National Defense Authorization Act fo…Amendment Agreed to (100-0) Jun 25, 1996
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Vote #170 On the Cloture Motion S. 1745Cloture Motion Rejected (52-46, 3/5 majority required) Jun 26, 1996
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Vote #172 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4266 to S. 1745 (National Defense Authorization Act fo…Amendment Rejected (34-65) Jun 26, 1996
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Vote #173 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4345 to S. 1745 (National Defense Authorization Act fo…Amendment Rejected (45-55) Jun 26, 1996
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Vote #174 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4346 to S. 1745 (National Defense Authorization Act fo…Amendment Agreed to (100-0) Jun 26, 1996
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Vote #175 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4347 to S. 1745 (National Defense Authorization …Motion to Table Agreed to (60-40) Jun 26, 1996
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).