Roll Call Vote #46 · 106th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 11, 1999, 5:13 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 61 to S.Amdt. 31 to S. 280 (Education Flexibility Partnership Act of 1999) (S. 280)
Amendment S.Amdt. 61 (To assist local educational agencies to help all students achieve State achievement standards, to end the practice of social promotion, and for other purposes.)
Motion to Table Agreed to (59-40)
59 Yea
40 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
55 Yea / 0 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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Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Paul Wellstone (Democrat–MN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 59
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- 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)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- 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)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Nay 40
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- John Edwards (NC)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- 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)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 1
- Patty Murray (WA)
Other Votes on S. 280
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Vote #30 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 32 to S.Amdt. 31 to S. 280 (Education Flexibilit…Motion to Table Agreed to (55-42) Mar 3, 1999
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Vote #31 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 36 to S.Amdt. 35 to S.Amdt. 31 to S. 280Amendment Agreed to (100-0) Mar 4, 1999
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Vote #32 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 38 to S.Amdt. 31 to S. 280 (Education Flexibilit…Motion to Table Agreed to (54-43) Mar 4, 1999
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Vote #33 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 40 to S. 280 (Education Flexibility Partnership …Motion to Table Failed (0-88) Mar 5, 1999
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Vote #34 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 31 to S. 280 (Education Flexibility Partnership A…Cloture Motion Rejected (54-41, 3/5 majority required) Mar 8, 1999
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Vote #35 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 31 to S. 280 (Education Flexibility Partnership A…Cloture Motion Rejected (55-39, 3/5 majority required) Mar 9, 1999
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Vote #36 On the Cloture Motion S. 280Cloture Motion Rejected (44-55, 3/5 majority required) Mar 10, 1999
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Vote #37 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 37 to S.Amdt. 35 to S.Amdt. 31 to S. 280Cloture Motion Rejected (55-44, 3/5 majority required) Mar 10, 1999
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Vote #39 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 60 to S.Amdt. 31 to S. 280 (Education Flexibilit…Motion to Table Failed (38-61) Mar 11, 1999
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Vote #40 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 60 to S.Amdt. 31 to S. 280 (Education Flexibility Part…Amendment Agreed to (60-39) Mar 11, 1999
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).