Roll Call Vote #51 · 106th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 17, 1999, 2:19 PM (ET)
On Passage of the Bill S. 257 (S. 257)
A bill to state the policy of the United States regarding the deployment of a missile defense capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile attack.
Bill Passed (97-3)
97 Yea
3 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 49 senators
49 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 40 senators
38 Yea / 2 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Paul Wellstone (Democrat–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 97
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- John Edwards (NC)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- 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)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 3
- Dick Durbin
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).