Roll Call Vote #38 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Apr 10, 1997, 6:31 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 33 to S.Amdt. 26 to S. 104 (Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997)
Amendment S.Amdt. 33 (To clarify Congressional intent with respect to enactment of this Act in response to DOE's inability to meet the January 31, 1998 contractual deadline to start disposing of spent nuclear fuel.)
Amendment Rejected (24-69)
24 Yea
69 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 50 senators
0 Yea / 48 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 41 senators
20 Yea / 16 Nay
5 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Max Cleland (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tim Johnson (Democrat–SD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Kerrey (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Carl Levin (Democrat–MI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Barbara Mikulski (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Carol Moseley Braun (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Charles Robb (Democrat–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Paul Sarbanes (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 24
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Dick Durbin
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 69
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- 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)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 7
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).