What was the result of Senate roll call vote 53 in the 106th Congress?

The Senate vote on Mar 18, 1999 ended "Motion to Table Agreed to (71-29)", 71-29. The vote was on: On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 77 to S. 544 (Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Program Act) (S. 544).

How many senators voted yes and no on Senate vote 53?

71 senators voted Yea and 29 voted Nay.

Which party supported Senate vote 53 in the 106th Congress?

Republicans voted 48-7 and Democrats voted 23-22. 29 senators crossed party lines.

Roll Call Vote #53 · 106th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 18, 1999, 11:09 AM (ET)

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 77 to S. 544 (Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed Loan Program Act) (S. 544)

Amendment S.Amdt. 77 (To permit the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive recoupment of Federal government medicaid claims to tobacco-related State settlements if a State uses a portion of those funds for programs to reduce the use of tobacco products,to improve public health, and to assist in the economic diversification of tobacco farming communities.)

Motion to Table Agreed to (71-29)

71 Yea

29 Nay

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How the Parties Voted

Republican 55 senators

48 Yea / 7 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Democrat 45 senators

23 Yea / 22 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Crossed Party Lines

Daniel Akaka (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Barbara Boxer (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
John Breaux (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Max Cleland (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Thomas Daschle (Democrat–SD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Dick Durbin (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Ted Kennedy (Democrat–MA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Frank Lautenberg (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Barbara Mikulski (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Frank Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Patty Murray (Democrat–WA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Jack Reed (Democrat–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Paul Sarbanes (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Ted Stevens (Republican–AK) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Paul Wellstone (Democrat–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Ron Wyden (Democrat–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 71

Nay 29

Other Votes on S. 544

Vote #54 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 89 to S. 544 (Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed L…

Motion to Table Agreed to (69-30) Mar 18, 1999
Vote #55 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 124 to S.Amdt. 81 to S. 544 (Emergency Oil and Ga…

Cloture Motion Rejected (55-44, 3/5 majority required) Mar 23, 1999
Vote #56 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 130 to S. 544 (Emergency Oil and Gas Guaranteed …

Motion to Table Failed (40-59) Mar 23, 1999

All Senate votes on S. 544 →

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