Roll Call Vote #258 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 31, 1996, 3:27 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5073 to S. 1936 (Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996)
Amendment S.Amdt. 5073 (To specify contractual obligations between DOE and waste generators.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (73-27)
73 Yea
27 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 49 senators
48 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
22 Yea / 23 Nay
Majority position: Nay
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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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 -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) 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 -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John 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 -
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 -
Barbara Mikulski (Democrat–MD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Carol Moseley Braun (Democrat–IL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Charles Robb (Democrat–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Paul Simon (Democrat–IL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 73
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- 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)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Sheila Frahm (KS)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- 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)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- 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)
Nay 27
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).