A bill to consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the United States; to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for fiscal

On Dec 14, 1995, the Senate voted 82–16 on “On Passage of the Bill” (HR 1561). Result: Bill Passed. By party: Republicans 52–0, Democrats 30–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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: Bill Passed
Yes: 82
No: 16
Did not vote: 5
Date: Dec 14, 1995

By party

Republicans52 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Democrats30 yes · 16 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Carol Moseley Braun D-IL voted no
Paul Martin Simon D-IL voted no
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
Carl Levin D-MI voted no
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
Harry Reid D-NV voted no
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
Patty Murray D-WA 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
David Hampton Pryor D-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
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
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
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
Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
John Forbes Kerry D-MA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
Spencer Abraham R-MI
Paul David Wellstone D-MN
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
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Kent Conrad D-ND
J. James Exon D-NE
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Richard H Bryan D-NV
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
Arlen Specter R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
William H. Frist R-TN
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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