A bill to rename the Washington National Airport located in the District of Columbia and Virginia as the "Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport".

On Feb 4, 1998, the Senate voted 76–22 on “On Passage of the Bill” (S 1575). Result: Bill Passed. By party: Republicans 54–0, Democrats 22–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 members voted against their own party.

During the 105th Congress (1997–1998), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Bill Passed
Yes: 76
No: 22
Did not vote: 2
Date: Feb 4, 1998

By party

Republicans54 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats22 yes · 22 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA voted no
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
Carol Moseley Braun D-IL voted no
Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
Carl Levin D-MI voted no
Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted no
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted no
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted no

The bill

S. 1575: A bill to rename the Washington National Airport located in the District of Columbia and Virginia as the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Barbara Boxer D-CA
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
A. Wayne Allard R-CO
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
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
John Forbes Kerry D-MA
Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Spencer Abraham R-MI
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
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
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
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
Arlen Specter R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
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
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Patty Murray D-WA
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
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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