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Roll Call Vote #23 · 105th Congress · Session 2 · Mar 6, 1998, 11:00 AM (ET)

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1708 to S.Amdt. 1676 to S. 1173 (Intermodal Transportation Act of 1997)

Amendment S.Amdt. 1708 (To require that Federal surface transportation funds be used to encourage development and outreach to emerging business enterprises, including those owned by minorities and women, and to prohibit discrimination and preferential treatment based on race, color, national origin, or sex, with respect to use of those funds, in compliance with the equal protection provisions of the fifth and 14th amendments to the Constitiution.)

Motion to Table Agreed to (58-37)
58 Yea
37 Nay
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How the Parties Voted

Republican 50 senators

12 Yea / 34 Nay

4 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Democrat 41 senators

39 Yea / 1 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Independent 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Independent Democrat 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Crossed Party Lines

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 58

Nay 37

Not Voting 5

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).