Roll Call Vote #71 · 105th Congress · Session 2 · Apr 2, 1998, 6:04 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2221 to S.Con.Res. 86 (No short title on file) (S.Con.Res. 86)
Amendment S.Amdt. 2221 (To express the sense of the Senate supporting a supermajority requirement for raising taxes.)
Amendment Agreed to (50-48)
50 Yea
48 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
49 Yea / 5 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
1 Yea / 43 Nay
1 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 -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ron Wyden (Democrat–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 50
- 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)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- 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)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- 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)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 48
- 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)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- 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)
- 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)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- 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)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Not Voting 2
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
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 #53 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 2169 to S.Con.Res. 86 (No short title on file)Amendment Agreed to (51-47) Apr 1, 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
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).