Relating to commercial activities in the United States of the People's Liberation Army and other Communist Chinese military companies.

On May 14, 1998, the Senate voted 24–76 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 2057). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Republicans 6–49, Democrats 18–27. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 24 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: Motion to Table Failed
Yes: 24
No: 76
Date: May 14, 1998

By party

Republicans6 yes · 49 no
Democrats18 yes · 27 no

Who broke with their party

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK voted yes
Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted yes
Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA voted yes
Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted yes
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted yes
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted yes
Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
Rod Grams R-MN voted yes
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE voted yes
J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted yes
Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted yes
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted yes
Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD voted yes
Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted yes
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Richard C. Shelby R-AL
Dale Bumpers D-AR
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
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
Mary L. Landrieu 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
Spencer Abraham R-MI
Paul David Wellstone D-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
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
Kent Conrad D-ND
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
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
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
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
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Michael B. Enzi R-WY

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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