Roll Call Vote #171 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Jul 11, 1997, 9:55 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 799 to S. 936 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998) (S. 936)
Amendment S.Amdt. 799 (To reduce the amount authorized to be appropriated for the Space-Based Laser program in excess of the amount requested by the President.)
Amendment Rejected (43-56)
43 Yea
56 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
2 Yea / 53 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
41 Yea / 3 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 43
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- 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)
- 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)
Nay 56
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
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 #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
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).