Roll Call Vote #210 · 105th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 17, 1998, 9:10 AM (ET)
On the Motion (motion to waive cba re: Wellstone Amdt No. 3199)
Amendment S.Amdt. 3199 (To restore veterans tobacco-related benefits as in effect before the enactment of the Transportaion Equity Act for the 21st Century.)
Motion Rejected (54-40, 3/5 majority required)
54 Yea
40 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
13 Yea / 39 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
41 Yea / 1 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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John Ashcroft (Republican–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Bennett (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kit Bond (Republican–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Ben Campbell (Republican–CO) 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 -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Lauch Faircloth (Republican–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Strom Thurmond (Republican–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 54
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- 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)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 40
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 6
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).