Roll Call Vote #163 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Jul 9, 1997, 6:35 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 424 to S. 936 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998) (S. 936)
Amendment S.Amdt. 424 (To require the Secretary of the Navy to set aside the previous selection of a recipient for donation of the USS Missouri and to carry out a fair process for selection of a recipient for the donation.)
Amendment Rejected (46-53)
46 Yea
53 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
42 Yea / 13 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
4 Yea / 40 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Bob Bennett (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kit Bond (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Barbara Boxer (Democrat–CA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Sam Brownback (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Timothy Hutchinson (Republican–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Frank Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Patty Murray (Democrat–WA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Pat Roberts (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Smith (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Strom Thurmond (Republican–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Warner (Republican–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Paul Wellstone (Democrat–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 46
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- 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)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Nay 53
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- 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)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- John Warner (VA)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 1
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
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 #161 On the Cloture Motion S. 936Cloture Motion Rejected (46-45, 3/5 majority required) Jul 8, 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 #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 ↗).