Roll Call Vote #279 · 105th Congress · Session 2 · Sep 22, 1998, 3:00 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3602 to S.Amdt. 3559 to S. 1301 (Consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1997) (S. 1301)
Amendment S.Amdt. 3602 (To ensure payment of trustees' costs under chapter 7 of title 11, United States Code, of abusive motions, without encouraging conflicts of interest between attorneys and clients.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (57-42)
57 Yea
42 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
53 Yea / 2 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
4 Yea / 40 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Bryan (Democrat–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) 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 57
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- 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)
- 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)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (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 42
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- 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)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 1
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
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 #273 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3596 to S.Amdt. 3559 to S. 1301 (Consumer Bankru…Motion to Table Failed (47-52) Sep 17, 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 #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 ↗).