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) (S. 1061)
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 55 senators
38 Yea / 15 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
0 Yea / 45 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 -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) 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 -
Mitch McConnell (Republican–KY) 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 -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) 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
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 (IA)
- 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)
- Trent 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 (ME)
- 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)
- 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 (KY)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- 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)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 2
- John Chafee (RI)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
Other Votes on S. 1061
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Vote #213 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1056 to S. 1061 (Department of Labor Appropriations Ac…Amendment Rejected (25-74) Sep 3, 1997
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Vote #214 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1074 to S. 1061 (Department of Labor Appropriations Ac…Amendment Agreed to (95-3) Sep 3, 1997
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Vote #216 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1079 to S. 1061 (Department of Labor Appropriations Ac…Amendment Agreed to (97-0) Sep 4, 1997
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Vote #217 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1082 to S.Amdt. 1081 to S. 1061 (Department of L…Motion to Table Agreed to (56-42) Sep 4, 1997
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Vote #221 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1096 to S. 1061 (Department of Labor Appropriations Ac…Amendment Agreed to (84-4) Sep 8, 1997
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Vote #224 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1125 to S.Amdt. 1078 to S. 1061 (Department of L…Motion to Table Failed (48-49) Sep 10, 1997
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Vote #225 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1126 to S.Amdt. 1078 to S. 1061 (Department of L…Motion to Table Failed (48-50) Sep 10, 1997
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Vote #226 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1127 to S.Amdt. 1078 to S. 1061 (Department of Labor A…Amendment Agreed to (97-1) Sep 10, 1997
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Vote #227 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1078 to S. 1061 (Department of Labor Appropriations Ac…Amendment Agreed to (95-3) Sep 10, 1997
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Vote #228 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1118 to S. 1061 (Department of Labor Appropriations Ac…Amendment Agreed to (98-1) Sep 10, 1997
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).