To change the maximum total value of gifts that can be accepted from a single source in one year from $50 to $100.

On Jul 28, 1995, the Senate voted 54–46 on “On the Amendment” (S 1061). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 38–16, Democrats 16–30. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 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: Amendment Agreed to
Yes: 54
No: 46
Did not vote: 3
Date: Jul 28, 1995

By party

Republicans38 yes · 16 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats16 yes · 30 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted yes
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted yes
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
Spencer Abraham R-MI voted no
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted yes
Harry Reid D-NV voted yes
Richard H Bryan D-NV voted yes
Michael Dewine R-OH voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN voted no
William H. Frist R-TN voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Dale Bumpers D-AR
David Hampton Pryor D-AR
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
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
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
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Rod Grams R-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
John David Ashcroft R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Harry Reid D-NV
Richard H Bryan D-NV
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Robert William Packwood R-OR
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
James Strom Thurmond R-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
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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