Roll Call Vote #276 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · Sep 5, 1996, 10:21 PM (ET)
Whether the Amendment is Germane S.Amdt. 5190 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997) (H.R. 3666)
Amendment S.Amdt. 5190 (To provide benefits for certain children of Vietnam veterans who are born with spina bifada, and to offset the cost of such benefits by requiring that there be an element of fault as a precondition for entitlement to compensation for a disability or death resulting from health care or certain other services furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs.)
Amendment Germane (62-35)
62 Yea
35 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 53 senators
16 Yea / 35 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 47 senators
46 Yea / 0 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Spencer Abraham (Republican–MI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Lauch Faircloth (Republican–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Chuck Grassley (Republican–IA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jesse Helms (Republican–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mitch McConnell (Republican–KY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Larry Pressler (Republican–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Warner (Republican–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 62
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- 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)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 35
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Sheila Frahm (KS)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
Not Voting 3
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
Other Votes on H.R. 3666
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Vote #266 On the Motion to Table H.R. 3666Motion to Table Failed (42-54) Sep 4, 1996
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Vote #267 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5178 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Veterans Affai…Motion to Table Agreed to (61-36) Sep 4, 1996
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Vote #268 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5177 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and…Amendment Agreed to (79-18) Sep 4, 1996
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Vote #271 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5191 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and…Amendment Agreed to (98-0) Sep 5, 1996
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Vote #272 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5193 to S.Amdt. 5192 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Vete…Amendment Agreed to (98-0) Sep 5, 1996
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Vote #273 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5195 to S.Amdt. 5194 to H.R. 3666 (Departments o…Motion to Table Agreed to (75-22) Sep 5, 1996
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Vote #274 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 5194 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Veterans Affairs and…Amendment Agreed to (82-15) Sep 5, 1996
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Vote #275 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 5197 to H.R. 3666 (Departments of Veterans Affai…Motion to Table Agreed to (60-37) Sep 5, 1996
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Vote #278 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3666Bill Passed (95-2) Sep 5, 1996
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).