Roll Call Vote #53 · 105th Congress · Session 2 · Apr 1, 1998, 12:09 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2169 to S.Con.Res. 86 (No short title on file) (S.Con.Res. 86)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2169 (To express the sense of the Congress regarding freedom of health care choice for medicare seniors.)
Amendment Agreed to (51-47)
51 Yea
47 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
50 Yea / 5 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
1 Yea / 42 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) 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 51
- 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)
- 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)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- 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)
- 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)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 47
- 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)
- 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)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- 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)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 2
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
Other Votes on S.Con.Res. 86
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Vote #49 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2166 to S.Con.Res. 86 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (96-0) Mar 31, 1998
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Vote #51 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2168 to S.Amdt. 2167 to S.Con.Res. 86 (No short title …Amendment Agreed to (79-19) Mar 31, 1998
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Vote #56 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2209 to S.Con.Res. 86 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (51-49) Apr 1, 1998
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Vote #57 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2175 to S.Con.Res. 86 (No short title on file)Motion to Table Agreed to (54-46) Apr 1, 1998
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Vote #59 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2251 to S.Con.Res. 86 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (99-0) Apr 1, 1998
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Vote #62 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2279 to S.Con.Res. 86 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (59-40) Apr 2, 1998
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Vote #63 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2280 to S.Amdt. 2218 to S.Con.Res. 86 (No short …Motion to Table Failed (1-98) Apr 2, 1998
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Vote #66 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2213 to S.Con.Res. 86 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (97-2) Apr 2, 1998
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Vote #67 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 2228 to S.Con.Res. 86 (No short title on file)Motion to Table Agreed to (55-44) Apr 2, 1998
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Vote #68 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2177 to S.Con.Res. 86 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (52-46) Apr 2, 1998
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).