Roll Call Vote #174 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Jul 14, 1997, 5:59 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion PN231 (PN 231)
Joel I. Klein, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General
Cloture Motion Agreed to (78-11, 3/5 majority required)
78 Yea
11 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 50 senators
44 Yea / 0 Nay
6 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 41 senators
26 Yea / 11 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Daniel Akaka (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Max Cleland (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Kerrey (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Frank Lautenberg (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Paul Wellstone (Democrat–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 78
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Dick Durbin
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- William Frist (TN)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 11
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Not Voting 11
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Ron Wyden
Other Votes on PN 231
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Vote #187 On the Nomination PN231Nomination Confirmed (88-12) Jul 17, 1997
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).