Roll Call Vote #61 · 106th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 24, 1999, 8:28 PM (ET)
On the Motion (Motion to waive CBA re: Conrad Amdt No 144)
Amendment S.Amdt. 144 (To ensure that Congress saves Social Security and strengthens Medicare before using projected budget surpluses for new spending or tax breaks.)
Motion Rejected (45-54, 3/5 majority required)
45 Yea
54 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 49 senators
0 Yea / 48 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 40 senators
39 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Independent Democrat 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 45
- 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
- John Edwards (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- 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)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 54
- 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
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Peter Fitzgerald (IL)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- 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)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- 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)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 1
- Richard Lugar (IN)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).