Roll Call Vote #161 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Jul 8, 1997, 3:02 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S. 936 (S. 936)
An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Rejected (46-45, 3/5 majority required)
46 Yea
45 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
46 Yea / 3 Nay
6 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
0 Yea / 42 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Slade Gorton, III (Republican–WA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 46
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- William Frist (TN)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- 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 45
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 9
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
Other Votes on S. 936
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Vote #110 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 419 to S. 936 (National Defense Authorization Act for …Amendment Agreed to (94-0) Jun 19, 1997
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Vote #162 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 670 to S. 936 (National Defense Authorization Ac…Motion to Table Agreed to (65-33) Jul 9, 1997
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Vote #163 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 424 to S. 936 (National Defense Authorization Act for …Amendment Rejected (46-53) Jul 9, 1997
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Vote #164 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 765 to S. 936 (National Defense Authorization Act for …Amendment Agreed to (98-0) Jul 9, 1997
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Vote #165 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 771 to S.Amdt. 705 to S. 936 (National Defense Authori…Amendment Agreed to (66-33) Jul 9, 1997
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Vote #166 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 422 to S.Amdt. 420 to S. 936 (National Defense Authori…Amendment Agreed to (72-27) Jul 10, 1997
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Vote #167 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 593 to S. 936 (National Defense Authorization Act for …Amendment Rejected (48-51) Jul 10, 1997
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Vote #168 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 668 to S. 936 (National Defense Authorization Ac…Motion to Table Agreed to (58-41) Jul 10, 1997
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Vote #169 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 794 to S.Amdt. 778 to S. 936 (National Defense Authori…Amendment Agreed to (62-37) Jul 10, 1997
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Vote #170 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 636 to S. 936 (National Defense Authorization Ac…Motion to Table Agreed to (83-16) Jul 10, 1997
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).