Roll Call Vote #256 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Sep 24, 1997, 3:52 PM (ET)
On Passage of the Bill 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.
Bill Passed (98-2)
98 Yea
2 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
55 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
43 Yea / 2 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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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 98
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- 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)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- 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)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- 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)
- 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)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- 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)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 2
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
Other Votes on S. 830
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Vote #220 On the Cloture Motion S. 830Cloture Motion Agreed to (89-5, 3/5 majority required) Sep 5, 1997
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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
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).