Roll Call Vote #273 · 105th Congress · Session 2 · Sep 17, 1998, 12:03 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3596 to S.Amdt. 3559 to S. 1301 (Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1997) (S. 1301)
Amendment S.Amdt. 3596 (To prohibit creditors from terminating or refusing to renew an extension of credit because the consumer did not incur finance charges.)
Motion to Table Failed (47-52)
47 Yea
52 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
47 Yea / 8 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
0 Yea / 44 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Kit Bond (Republican–MO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ben Campbell (Republican–CO) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Frank Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 47
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- 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)
- 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)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- 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)
Nay 52
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- 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)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- 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)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- 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)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 1
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
Other Votes on S. 1301
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Vote #263 On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 1301Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to (99-1, 3/5 majority required) Sep 9, 1998
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Vote #274 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3598 to S.Amdt. 3559 to S. 1301 (Consumer Bankru…Motion to Table Agreed to (58-40) Sep 17, 1998
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Vote #275 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3597 to S.Amdt. 3559 to S. 1301 (Consumer Bankru…Motion to Table Agreed to (72-26) Sep 17, 1998
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Vote #276 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3600 to S.Amdt. 3559 to S. 1301 (Consumer Bankruptcy R…Amendment Agreed to (89-0) Sep 17, 1998
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Vote #278 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3540 to S.Amdt. 3559 to S. 1301 (Consumer Bankru…Motion to Table Agreed to (55-44) Sep 22, 1998
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Vote #279 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3602 to S.Amdt. 3559 to S. 1301 (Consumer Bankru…Motion to Table Agreed to (57-42) Sep 22, 1998
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Vote #280 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3565 to S.Amdt. 3559 to S. 1301 (Consumer Bankru…Motion to Table Failed (47-52) Sep 22, 1998
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Vote #281 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3610 to S.Amdt. 3559 to S. 1301 (Consumer Bankru…Motion to Table Agreed to (63-36) Sep 22, 1998
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Vote #283 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3616 to S.Amdt. 3559 to S. 1301 (Consumer Bankru…Motion to Table Agreed to (71-27) Sep 23, 1998
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).