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Roll Call Vote #85 · 105th Congress · Session 1 · May 22, 1997, 8:37 PM (ET)

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 301 to S.Con.Res. 27 (No short title on file)

Amendment S.Amdt. 301 (To create a point of order against any budget resolution for fiscal years after 2001 that causes a unified budget deficit for the budget year or any of the 4 fiscal years following the budget year.)

Motion to Table Agreed to (52-47)
52 Yea
47 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Republican 50 senators

11 Yea / 38 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Democrat 41 senators

36 Yea / 5 Nay

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

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 52

Nay 47

Not Voting 1

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