Senate roll call 311 · 105th Congress · Feb 25, 1998
A bill disapproving the cancellations transmitted by the President on October 6, 1997, regarding Public Law 105-45.
On Feb 25, 1998, the Senate voted 78–20 on “On Overriding the Veto” (HR 2631). Result: Veto Overridden. By party: Republicans 46–9, Democrats 32–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- Veto Overridden
- Yes
- 78
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Feb 25, 1998
By party
- Republicans46 yes · 9 no
- Democrats32 yes · 11 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted no
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted no
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted no
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA voted no
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted no
- Spencer Abraham R-MI voted no
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
- Rod Grams R-MN voted no
- John David Ashcroft R-MO voted no
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted no
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted no
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted no
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted no
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX voted no
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted no
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
The bill
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
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- 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
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- 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
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond 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
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Spencer Abraham R-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Rod Grams R-MN
- John David Ashcroft R-MO
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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