Roll Call Vote #39 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · Apr 10, 1997, 6:57 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 41 to S.Amdt. 26 to S. 104 (Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997)
Amendment S.Amdt. 41 (To strike all provisions relating to special consideration of potential sites for an interim storage facility.)
Amendment Rejected (36-56)
36 Yea
56 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 50 senators
3 Yea / 45 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 41 senators
29 Yea / 6 Nay
6 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Joe Biden, Jr. (Democrat–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Max Cleland (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) 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 -
Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Rick Santorum (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 36
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Susan Collins
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
Nay 56
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- 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)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 8
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).