Roll Call Vote #289 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Oct 31, 1997, 11:37 AM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 1119 (H.R. 1119)
An Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1998 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to precribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Agreed to (93-2, 3/5 majority required)
93 Yea
2 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
53 Yea / 0 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
40 Yea / 2 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 93
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- 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)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- 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)
- 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)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- 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)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- 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)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 2
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
Not Voting 5
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Other Votes on H.R. 1119
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Vote #285 On the Motion to Table H.R. 1119Motion to Table Agreed to (78-20) Oct 29, 1997
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Vote #296 On the Conference Report H.R. 1119Conference Report Agreed to (90-10) Nov 6, 1997
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).