Roll Call Vote #225 · 105th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 22, 1998, 10:24 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3263 to S. 2260 (Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999) (S. 2260)
Amendment S.Amdt. 3263 (To make it illegal, in most cases, to tape a phone conversation without the consent of all parties.)
Amendment Rejected (50-50)
50 Yea
50 Nay
Tie votes may be decided by the Vice President; the recorded result above is authoritative.
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
6 Yea / 49 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
44 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Daniel Coats (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Paul Coverdell (Republican–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Timothy Hutchinson (Republican–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Daniel Moynihan (Democrat–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 50
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- 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)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- 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)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 50
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- 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)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- 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)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- 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 #218 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3243 to S. 2260 (Departments of Commerce, Justice, and…Amendment Rejected (41-59) Jul 22, 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
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).