Roll Call Vote #220 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Sep 5, 1997, 9:51 AM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S. 830 (S. 830)
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the regulation of food, drugs, devices, and biological products, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Agreed to (89-5, 3/5 majority required)
89 Yea
5 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
51 Yea / 0 Nay
4 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
38 Yea / 5 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Daniel Akaka (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Max Cleland (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dick Durbin (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ted Kennedy (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jack Reed (Democrat–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 89
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 5
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
Not Voting 6
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
Other Votes on S. 830
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Vote #239 On the Cloture Motion S. 830Cloture Motion Agreed to (94-4, 3/5 majority required) Sep 16, 1997
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Vote #252 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1140 to S.Amdt. 1130 to S. 830 (Food and Drug Administ…Amendment Rejected (40-59) Sep 23, 1997
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Vote #253 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1139 to S.Amdt. 1130 to S. 830 (Food and Drug Administ…Amendment Rejected (39-61) Sep 23, 1997
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Vote #254 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1177 to S.Amdt. 1130 to S. 830 (Food and Drug Ad…Motion to Table Agreed to (65-35) Sep 23, 1997
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Vote #255 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1130 to S. 830 (Food and Drug Administration Moderniza…Amendment Agreed to (98-2) Sep 23, 1997
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Vote #256 On Passage of the Bill S. 830Bill Passed (98-2) Sep 24, 1997
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).