Roll Call Vote #248 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Sep 18, 1997, 4:21 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1223 to H.R. 2107 (Miccosukee Settlement Act of 1997)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1223 (To provide additional funding for law enforcement activities of the Bureau of Indian Affairs to reduce gang violence.)
Amendment Rejected (34-64)
34 Yea
64 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 50 senators
28 Yea / 22 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 41 senators
1 Yea / 38 Nay
2 not voting or present
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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Bob Bennett (Republican–UT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kit Bond (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Conrad Burns (Republican–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Coats (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Frist (Republican–TN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Slade Gorton, III (Republican–WA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Phil Gramm (Republican–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Judd Gregg (Republican–NH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Chuck Hagel (Republican–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Timothy Hutchinson (Republican–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Chester Lott (Republican–MS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) 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 -
Fred Thompson (Republican–TN) 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 34
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Dick Durbin
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 64
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- William Frist (TN)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- 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)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 2
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).