Roll Call Vote #259 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 31, 1996, 4:58 PM (ET)
On Passage of the Bill S. 1936 (S. 1936)
A bill to amend the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982.
Bill Passed (63-37)
63 Yea
37 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 53 senators
50 Yea / 3 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 47 senators
13 Yea / 34 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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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 -
Daniel Coats (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
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 -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) 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 -
Carol Moseley Braun (Democrat–IL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Patty Murray (Democrat–WA) 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
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 63
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- 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)
- Sheila Frahm (KS)
- 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)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- 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)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- 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)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 37
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Other Votes on S. 1936
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Vote #193 On the Cloture Motion S. 1936Cloture Motion Agreed to (65-34, 3/5 majority required) Jul 16, 1996
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Vote #256 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5055 to S. 1936 (Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1996)Amendment Agreed to (86-12) Jul 31, 1996
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Vote #257 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5037 to S. 1936 (Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 199…Motion to Table Agreed to (83-17) Jul 31, 1996
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Vote #258 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5073 to S. 1936 (Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 199…Motion to Table Agreed to (73-27) Jul 31, 1996
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).