Roll Call Vote #260 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Sep 30, 1997, 11:02 AM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1249 to S. 1156 (District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998) (S. 1156)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1249 (To provide scholarship assistance for District of Columbia elementary and secondary school students.)
Cloture Motion Rejected (58-41, 3/5 majority required)
58 Yea
41 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
54 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
4 Yea / 40 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Daniel Moynihan (Democrat–NY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 58
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- 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)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- 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)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 41
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- 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)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 1
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
Other Votes on S. 1156
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Vote #263 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1267 to S. 1156 (District of Columbia Appropriations A…Amendment Agreed to (69-27) Sep 30, 1997
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Vote #265 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1253 to S.Amdt. 1252 to S. 1156 (District of Col…Motion to Table Failed (2-97) Oct 1, 1997
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Vote #268 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1253 to S.Amdt. 1252 to S. 1156 (District of Colu…Cloture Motion Agreed to (99-1, 3/5 majority required) Oct 7, 1997
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Vote #269 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1253 to S.Amdt. 1252 to S. 1156 (District of Columbia …Amendment Agreed to (99-1) Oct 7, 1997
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).