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.
Cloture Motion Rejected (56-41, 3/5 majority required)
56 Yea
41 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
54 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
2 Yea / 40 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) 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 (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)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- 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)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom 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 (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)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
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 #86 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2289 to H.R. 2646 (Education Savings Act for Pub…Motion to Table Agreed to (56-41) Apr 21, 1998
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Vote #87 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2017 to H.R. 2646 (Education Savings Act for Pub…Motion to Table Agreed to (60-38) Apr 21, 1998
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Vote #88 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2288 to H.R. 2646 (Education Savings Act for Public an…Amendment Agreed to (63-35) Apr 21, 1998
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Vote #89 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2291 to H.R. 2646 (Education Savings Act for Public an…Amendment Agreed to (69-29) Apr 21, 1998
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Vote #90 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2292 to H.R. 2646 (Education Savings Act for Pub…Motion to Table Agreed to (56-42) Apr 21, 1998
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Vote #91 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2293 to H.R. 2646 (Education Savings Act for Public an…Amendment Agreed to (50-49) Apr 22, 1998
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).