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Roll Call Vote #33 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 19, 1997, 12:04 PM (ET)

On the Motion to Table S.J.Res. 23 (S.J.Res. 23)

A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should exercise her best professional judgement, without regard to political pressures, on whether to invoke the independent counsel process to investigate alleged criminal misconduct relating to any election campaign.

Motion to Table Agreed to (58-41)
58 Yea
41 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Republican 50 senators

50 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Democrat 41 senators

4 Yea / 36 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Independent 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Independent Democrat 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 58

Nay 41

Present 1

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).