Roll Call Vote #215 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Sep 4, 1997, 12:01 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1077 to S. 1061 (Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 1998)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1077 (To prohibit the use of funds for research that utilizes human fetal tissue, cells, or organs that are obtained from a living or dead embryo or fetus during or after an induced abortion.)
Amendment Rejected (38-60)
38 Yea
60 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 50 senators
37 Yea / 11 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 41 senators
0 Yea / 41 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Ben Campbell (Republican–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Connie Mack, III (Republican–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Gordon Smith (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James 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
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 38
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- 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)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
Nay 60
- 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)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- 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)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 2
- John Chafee (RI)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).