Roll Call Vote #288 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Oct 31, 1997, 10:31 AM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 2646 (H.R. 2646)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, and for other purposes.
How the Parties Voted
49 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
2 Yea / 36 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Torricelli (Democrat–NJ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 56
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- 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
- 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)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- 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)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 41
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- 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
- 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)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 3
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Other Votes on H.R. 2646
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Vote #291 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 2646Cloture Motion Rejected (56-44, 3/5 majority required) Nov 4, 1997
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Vote #34 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 2646Cloture Motion Agreed to (74-24, 3/5 majority required) Mar 17, 1998
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Vote #38 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 2646Cloture Motion Rejected (55-44, 3/5 majority required) Mar 19, 1998
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Vote #46 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 2646Cloture Motion Rejected (58-42, 3/5 majority required) Mar 26, 1998
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Vote #102 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 2646Bill Passed (56-43) Apr 23, 1998
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Vote #169 On the Conference Report H.R. 2646Conference Report Agreed to (59-36) Jun 24, 1998
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).