Senate roll call 651 · 103rd Congress · Aug 4, 1994
To prohibit the use of funds for the construction of acute care, inpatient hospital capacity by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
On Aug 4, 1994, the Senate voted 62–36 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 4624). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Democrats 55–0, Republicans 7–36. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 62
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Aug 4, 1994
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 36 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats55 yes · 0 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Connie Mack III R-FL voted yes
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted yes
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Richard C. Shelby D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell D-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- 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
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad 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
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Harris Wofford D-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Harlan Mathews D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- 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
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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