Roll Call Vote #84 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · May 22, 1997, 8:19 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 320 to S.Con.Res. 27 (No short title on file)
Amendment S.Amdt. 320 (To ensure that the 4.3 cent federal gas tax increase enacted in 1993, which for the first time dedicated a permanent gas tax increase to general revenues, will be transferred to the Highway Trust Fund, providing about $7 billion per year more for transportation infrastructure.)
How the Parties Voted
47 Yea / 2 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
29 Yea / 12 Nay
Majority position: Yea
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Glenn, Jr. (Democrat–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ted Kennedy (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Kerry (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Carl Levin (Democrat–MI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Carol Moseley Braun (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Moynihan (Democrat–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Charles Robb (Democrat–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Paul Wellstone (Democrat–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 83
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- 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)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- 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)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- John Warner (VA)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 16
- John Chafee (RI)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Dick Durbin
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Jack Reed
- Charles Robb (VA)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Not Voting 1
- Daniel Coats (IN)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).