Roll Call Vote #65 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · May 14, 1997, 10:13 AM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 245 to S. 717 (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997) (S. 717)
Amendment S.Amdt. 245 (To require a court in making an award under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to take into consideration the impact the granting of the award would have on the education of all children of State educational agencies and local educational agencies.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (68-31)
68 Yea
31 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
25 Yea / 30 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
43 Yea / 1 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Spencer Abraham (Republican–MI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Conrad Burns (Republican–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Campbell (Republican–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Daniel Coats (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Paul Coverdell (Republican–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Larry Craig (Republican–ID) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Frist (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Chuck Grassley (Republican–IA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Timothy Hutchinson (Republican–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Tim Johnson (Democrat–SD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dirk Kempthorne (Republican–ID) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Trent Lott (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Connie Mack, III (Republican–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mitch McConnell (Republican–KY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Rick Santorum (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Gordon Smith (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 68
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- 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)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- William Frist (TN)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 31
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 1
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
Other Votes on S. 717
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Vote #64 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 243 to S. 717 (Individuals with Disabilities Edu…Motion to Table Agreed to (51-48) May 14, 1997
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).