Roll Call Vote #34 · 105th Congress · Session 2 · Mar 17, 1998, 12:15 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion H.R. 2646 (H.R. 2646)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses, to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Agreed to (74-24, 3/5 majority required)
74 Yea
24 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
55 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
19 Yea / 24 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Joe Biden, Jr. (Democrat–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Barbara Boxer (Democrat–CA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 -
Dale Bumpers (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Thomas Daschle (Democrat–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Tim Johnson (Democrat–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Kerry (Democrat–MA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Daniel Moynihan (Democrat–NY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Charles Robb (Democrat–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Torricelli (Democrat–NJ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 74
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- 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)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- 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)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- 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)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 24
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 2
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
Other Votes on H.R. 2646
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Vote #288 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 2646Cloture Motion Rejected (56-41, 3/5 majority required) Oct 31, 1997
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Vote #291 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 2646Cloture Motion Rejected (56-44, 3/5 majority required) Nov 4, 1997
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Vote #38 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 2646Cloture Motion Rejected (55-44, 3/5 majority required) Mar 19, 1998
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Vote #46 On the Cloture Motion H.R. 2646Cloture Motion Rejected (58-42, 3/5 majority required) Mar 26, 1998
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Vote #86 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2289 to H.R. 2646 (Education Savings Act for Pub…Motion to Table Agreed to (56-41) Apr 21, 1998
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Vote #87 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2017 to H.R. 2646 (Education Savings Act for Pub…Motion to Table Agreed to (60-38) Apr 21, 1998
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Vote #88 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2288 to H.R. 2646 (Education Savings Act for Public an…Amendment Agreed to (63-35) Apr 21, 1998
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Vote #89 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2291 to H.R. 2646 (Education Savings Act for Public an…Amendment Agreed to (69-29) Apr 21, 1998
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Vote #90 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2292 to H.R. 2646 (Education Savings Act for Pub…Motion to Table Agreed to (56-42) Apr 21, 1998
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Vote #91 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2293 to H.R. 2646 (Education Savings Act for Public an…Amendment Agreed to (50-49) Apr 22, 1998
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).