Senate roll call 315 · 103rd Congress · Oct 18, 1993
A bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, for the fiscal year ending September
On Oct 18, 1993, the Senate voted 80–15 on “On the Conference Report” (HR 2518). Result: Conference Report Agreed to. By party: Democrats 50–3, Republicans 30–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 members voted against their own party.
During the 103rd Congress (1993–1994), Bill Clinton was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Conference Report Agreed to
- Yes
- 80
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Oct 18, 1993
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 12 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats50 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID voted no
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted no
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
- Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX voted no
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Harris Wofford D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Harlan Mathews D-TN
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- John William Warner R-VA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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