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) (S. 557)
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
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
54 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
0 Yea / 44 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 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 (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Mike Crapo (ID)
- 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 (IA)
- 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)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- 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)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- George Voinovich (OH)
- John Warner (VA)
Nay 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 (IL)
- 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)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Chuck Schumer (NY)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Not Voting 1
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
Other Votes on S. 557
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Vote #96 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 255 to S.Amdt. 254 to S. 557 (No short title on f…Cloture Motion Rejected (49-44, 3/5 majority required) Apr 30, 1999
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Vote #166 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 297 to S.Amdt. 296 to S. 557 (No short title on f…Cloture Motion Rejected (53-46, 3/5 majority required) Jun 15, 1999
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Vote #193 On the Cloture Motion S. 557Cloture Motion Agreed to (99-1) Jul 1, 1999
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Vote #211 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 297 to S.Amdt. 296 to S. 557 (No short title on f…Cloture Motion Rejected (52-43, 3/5 majority required) Jul 16, 1999
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).