Senate roll call 880 · 104th Congress · Sep 4, 1996
To reduce the appropriation for the implementation of the space station program for the purpose of terminating the program.
On Sep 4, 1996, the Senate voted 61–36 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 3666). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 38–12, Democrats 23–24. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 35 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 Agreed to
- Yes
- 61
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 6
- Date
- Sep 4, 1996
By party
- Republicans38 yes · 12 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Democrats23 yes · 24 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Barbara Boxer D-CA voted yes
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted yes
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted yes
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Spencer Abraham R-MI voted no
- John David Ashcroft R-MO voted no
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
- Harry Reid D-NV voted yes
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted yes
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
- Patty Murray D-WA voted yes
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Paul Coverdell R-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
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Sheila Frahm R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Rod Grams R-MN
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
- Chester Trent Lott R-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid 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
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- 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
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Spencer Abraham R-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- John David Ashcroft R-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- 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
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- John William Warner R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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