Roll Call Vote #138 · 105th Congress · Session 2 · May 18, 1998, 5:51 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2418 to S. 1723 (American Competitiveness Act)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2418 (To ensure that participating employers cannot lay off United States workers and replace them with temporary foreign workers under the H-1B visa program.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (60-38)
60 Yea
38 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 50 senators
48 Yea / 1 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 41 senators
6 Yea / 34 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Campbell (Republican–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Max Cleland (Democrat–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 60
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- 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)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- 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)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 38
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Not Voting 2
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Carl Levin (MI)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).