Roll Call Vote #76 · 106th Congress · Session 1 · Mar 25, 1999, 10:30 AM (ET)
On the Motion (Motion to waive Snowe Amdt. No. 232)
Amendment S.Amdt. 232 (To allow increased tobacco tax revenues to be used as an offset for the Medicare prescription drug benefit provided for in section 209.)
Motion Rejected (54-44, 3/5 majority required)
54 Yea
44 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 49 senators
9 Yea / 38 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 40 senators
37 Yea / 3 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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Spencer Abraham (Republican–MI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Evan Bayh (Democrat–IN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bob Bennett (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Edwards (Democrat–NC) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Orrin Hatch (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Charles Robb (Democrat–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Rick Santorum (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Gordon Smith (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 54
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Susan Collins
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Dick Durbin
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- 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)
- Blanche Lincoln (AR)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Jack Reed
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 44
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Evan Bayh (IN)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- James Bunning (KY)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- John Edwards (NC)
- 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)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 2
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).