Roll Call Vote #125 · 105th Congress · Session 2 · May 7, 1998, 6:12 PM (ET)
On the Motion (Motion to waive CBA RE: Coverdell amdt. No.2353)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2353 (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to prohibit the use of random audits, and for other purposes.)
Motion Rejected (37-60, 3/5 majority required)
37 Yea
60 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 50 senators
36 Yea / 13 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 41 senators
0 Yea / 39 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
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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A. Allard (Republican–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pete Domenici (Republican–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Slade Gorton, III (Republican–WA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Phil Gramm (Republican–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Frank Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Donald Nickles (Republican–OK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Pat Roberts (Republican–KS) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Jeff Sessions, III (Republican–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 37
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- 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)
- William Frist (TN)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 60
- A. Allard (CO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Chuck Grassley
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- 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)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 3
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- James Thurmond (SC)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).