Roll Call Vote #265 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Oct 1, 1997, 12:36 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1253 to S.Amdt. 1252 to S. 1156 (District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1998) (S. 1156)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1253 (To provide relief to certain aliens who would otherwise be subject to removal from the United States.)
Motion to Table Failed (2-97)
2 Yea
97 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
1 Yea / 54 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
1 Yea / 43 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 2
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
Nay 97
- 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)
- 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)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- 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)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- 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)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 1
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
Other Votes on S. 1156
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Vote #260 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1249 to S. 1156 (District of Columbia Appropriati…Cloture Motion Rejected (58-41, 3/5 majority required) Sep 30, 1997
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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 #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 ↗).