To express the sense of the Senate regarding mandatory assumptions under Function 270: Energy

On May 25, 1995, the Senate voted 35–64 on “On the Motion to Table” (SCONRES 13). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Republicans 31–23, Democrats 4–41. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 members voted against their own party.

During the 104th Congress (1995–1996), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Motion to Table Failed
Yes: 35
No: 64
Did not vote: 4
Date: May 25, 1995

By party

Republicans31 yes · 23 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 41 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted no
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO voted no
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
Paul Coverdell R-GA voted no
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
Conrad Burns R-MT voted no
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted no
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
William H. Frist R-TN voted no
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX voted no
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted yes
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
Spencer Abraham R-MI
Rod Grams R-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
John David Ashcroft R-MO
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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