Roll Call Vote #203 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 18, 1996, 5:41 PM (ET)
On the Motion (motion to waive c.b.r. Re: ashcroft amendment no.4901)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4901 (To ensure that welfare recipients are drug-free as a condition for receiving welfare assistance from the American taxpayers.)
Motion Rejected (50-47, 3/5 majority required)
50 Yea
47 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 49 senators
42 Yea / 6 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
5 Yea / 38 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Dirk Kempthorne (Republican–ID) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Connie Mack, III (Republican–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 50
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- 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)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 47
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- William Cohen (ME)
- 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)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 3
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- David Pryor (AR)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).