Senate roll call 650 · 103rd Congress · Aug 3, 1994
To impose a limitation on the use of funding to promulgate, implement, or enforce an EPA regulation mandating a specified percentage market share for ethanol ox
On Aug 3, 1994, the Senate voted 50–50 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 4624). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Democrats 31–25, Republicans 19–25. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 44 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
- Motion to Table Agreed to
- Yes
- 50
- No
- 50
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Aug 3, 1994
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 25 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats31 yes · 25 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL voted no
- Barbara Boxer D-CA voted no
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted yes
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID voted yes
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID voted yes
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- Conrad Burns R-MT voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Harris Wofford D-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted yes
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- Patty Murray D-WA voted no
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- 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
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Harlan Mathews D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Harris Wofford D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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