Roll Call Vote #264 · 105th Congress · Session 2 · Sep 10, 1998, 1:46 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3554 to S. 2237 (King Cove Health and Safety Act of 1998) (S. 2237)
Amendment S.Amdt. 3554 (To make an amendment to reform the financing of Federal elections.)
Cloture Motion Rejected (52-48, 3/5 majority required)
52 Yea
48 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
7 Yea / 48 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
45 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) 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 -
Fred Thompson (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 52
- 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)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- 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)
- 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)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- 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)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 48
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- 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)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- 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)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- 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)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Other Votes on S. 2237
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Vote #261 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3541 to S. 2237 (King Cove Health and Safety Act…Motion to Table Failed (0-83) Sep 8, 1998
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Vote #267 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3580 to S. 2237 (King Cove Health and Safety Act…Motion to Table Agreed to (53-41) Sep 14, 1998
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Vote #268 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3591 to S. 2237 (King Cove Health and Safety Act…Motion to Table Agreed to (58-40) Sep 15, 1998
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Vote #269 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3593 to S. 2237 (King Cove Health and Safety Act…Motion to Table Agreed to (76-22) Sep 15, 1998
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).