To decrease the amount of funding for Federal Bureau of Investigation construction and increase the amount of funding for the National Information Infrastructur

On Sep 29, 1995, the Senate voted 33–64 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 2076). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Republicans 33–20, Democrats 0–44. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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: 33
No: 64
Did not vote: 6
Date: Sep 29, 1995

By party

Republicans33 yes · 20 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 44 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted no
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted no
William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
Conrad Burns R-MT voted no
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
Spencer Abraham R-MI
Rod Grams R-MN
John David Ashcroft R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
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
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To decrease the amount of funding for…: Senate Vote, Sep 29, 1995,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/104-S-477/to-decrease-the-amount-of-funding-for-federal-bureau (accessed 2026-10-13).