Roll Call Vote #173 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · Jun 26, 1996, 6:20 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4345 to S. 1745 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4345 (To ensure that the total amount authorized to be appropriated by the bill does not exceed the total amount of the authorizations of appropriations reported by the Committee on Armed Services.)
Amendment Rejected (45-55)
45 Yea
55 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 49 senators
4 Yea / 45 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
37 Yea / 8 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Hank Brown (Republican–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Judd Gregg (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Charles Robb (Democrat–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 45
- 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)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 55
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- 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)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Sheila Frahm (KS)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- 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)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).