Senate roll call 438 · 105th Congress · May 18, 1998
To repeal the Immigrant Investor Program.
On May 18, 1998, the Senate voted 74–24 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 1723). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 50–4, Democrats 24–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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 Agreed to
- Yes
- 74
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- May 18, 1998
By party
- Republicans50 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 20 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted no
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted no
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted no
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted no
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted no
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR voted no
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Patty Murray D-WA voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
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
- 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
- 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
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- 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
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- 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
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson 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
- John William Warner R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl 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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
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