Roll Call Vote #274 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Oct 9, 1997, 1:29 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1258 to S. 25 (Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 1997) (S. 25)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1258 (To guarantee that contributions to Federal political campaigns are voluntary.)
Cloture Motion Rejected (51-48, 3/5 majority required)
51 Yea
48 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
51 Yea / 3 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
0 Yea / 45 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 51
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- 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)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- 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)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 48
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- 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)
- 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)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 1
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
Other Votes on S. 25
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Vote #266 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 1258 to S. 25 (Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of …Cloture Motion Rejected (52-48, 3/5 majority required) Oct 7, 1997
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Vote #267 On the Cloture Motion S. 25Cloture Motion Rejected (53-47, 3/5 majority required) Oct 7, 1997
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Vote #270 On the Cloture Motion S. 25Cloture Motion Rejected (52-47, 3/5 majority required) Oct 8, 1997
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Vote #273 On the Cloture Motion S. 25Cloture Motion Rejected (52-47, 3/5 majority required) Oct 9, 1997
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).