What was the result of Senate roll call vote 90 in the 106th Congress?

The Senate vote on Apr 22, 1999 ended "Cloture Motion Rejected (54-45, 3/5 majority required)", 54-45. The vote was on: On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 254 to S. 557 (No short title on file).

How many senators voted yes and no on Senate vote 90?

54 senators voted Yea and 45 voted Nay. 1 senator did not vote.

Which party supported Senate vote 90 in the 106th Congress?

Republicans voted 48-1 and Democrats voted 1-38. 3 senators crossed party lines.

Roll Call Vote #90 · 106th Congress · Session 1 · Apr 22, 1999, 11:42 AM (ET)

On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 254 to S. 557 (No short title on file)

Amendment S.Amdt. 254 (To preserve and protect the surpluses of the social security trust funds by reaffirming the exclusion of receipts and disbursement from the budget, by setting a limit on the debt held by the public, and by amending the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide a process to reduce the limit on the debt held by the public.)

Cloture Motion Rejected (54-45, 3/5 majority required)

54 Yea

45 Nay

← Vote #89 Vote #91 →

How the Parties Voted

Republican 49 senators

48 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Democrat 40 senators

1 Yea / 38 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Independent 1 senator

1 Yea / 0 Nay

Majority position: Yea

Independent Democrat 1 senator

0 Yea / 1 Nay

Majority position: Nay

Crossed Party Lines

James Jeffords (Independent–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 54

Nay 45

Not Voting 1

Daniel Moynihan (NY)

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).

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