Senate roll call 465 · 105th Congress · Jun 23, 1998
Condemning Human Rights abuses in the People's Republic of China.
On Jun 23, 1998, the Senate voted 14–82 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 2057). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Republicans 12–39, Democrats 2–43. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 82
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Jun 23, 1998
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 39 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 43 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ voted yes
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted yes
- Rod Grams R-MN voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE voted yes
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted yes
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Rod Grams R-MN
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- 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 Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-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
- 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
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-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
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- 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
- 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
- J. Robert Kerrey D-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
- 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
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- 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
- 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
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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