Senate roll call 39 · 105th Congress · Apr 10, 1997
To strike all provisions relating to special consideration of potential sites for an interim storage facility.
On Apr 10, 1997, the Senate voted 36–56 on “On the Amendment” (S 104). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 4–49, Democrats 32–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- Amendment Rejected
- Yes
- 36
- No
- 56
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Apr 10, 1997
By party
- Republicans4 yes · 49 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats32 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME voted yes
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted no
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Patty Murray D-WA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- 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
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- 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
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- 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
- Spencer Abraham R-MI
- 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
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Rod Grams R-MN
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
Other votes
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