Roll Call Vote #218 · 105th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 22, 1998, 9:40 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3243 to S. 2260 (Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999) (S. 2260)
Amendment S.Amdt. 3243 (To amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, relating to counsel for witnesses in grand jury proceedings, and for other purposes.)
Amendment Rejected (41-59)
41 Yea
59 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
3 Yea / 52 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
38 Yea / 7 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Joe Biden, Jr. (Democrat–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Connie Mack, III (Republican–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Daniel Moynihan (Democrat–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 41
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 59
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- 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)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- 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)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Other Votes on S. 2260
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Vote #215 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3238 to S. 2260 (Departments of Commerce, Justice, and…Amendment Agreed to (72-28) Jul 21, 1998
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Vote #216 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3230 to S. 2260 (Departments of Commerce, Justic…Motion to Table Agreed to (61-39) Jul 21, 1998
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Vote #217 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3234 to S.Amdt. 3233 to S. 2260 (Departments of Commer…Amendment Agreed to (69-31) Jul 21, 1998
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Vote #219 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3244 to S. 2260 (Departments of Commerce, Justice, and…Amendment Agreed to (56-44) Jul 22, 1998
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Vote #220 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3245 to S. 2260 (Departments of Commerce, Justic…Motion to Table Agreed to (64-36) Jul 22, 1998
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Vote #221 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3255 to S. 2260 (Departments of Commerce, Justice, and…Amendment Agreed to (55-45) Jul 22, 1998
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Vote #222 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3254 to S. 2260 (Departments of Commerce, Justice, and…Amendment Rejected (47-53) Jul 22, 1998
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Vote #223 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3257 to S. 2260 (Departments of Commerce, Justice, and…Amendment Rejected (47-53) Jul 22, 1998
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Vote #224 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3260 to S. 2260 (Departments of Commerce, Justic…Motion to Table Agreed to (69-31) Jul 22, 1998
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Vote #225 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3263 to S. 2260 (Departments of Commerce, Justice, and…Amendment Rejected (50-50) Jul 22, 1998
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).