Senate roll call 504 · 105th Congress · Jul 16, 1998
To express the sense of the Senate concerning appropriate actions to be taken to alleviate the economic effect of low commodity prices.
On Jul 16, 1998, the Senate voted 71–28 on “On the Amendment” (S 2159). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 42–13, Democrats 29–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 28 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 Agreed to
- Yes
- 71
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 1
- Date
- Jul 16, 1998
By party
- Republicans42 yes · 13 no
- Democrats29 yes · 15 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL voted no
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted no
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO voted no
- Connie Mack III R-FL voted no
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL voted no
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
- John David Ashcroft R-MO voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
- Kent Conrad D-ND voted no
- Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- 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
- 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
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Spencer Abraham R-MI
- Rod Grams R-MN
- 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
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- 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
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- 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
- 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
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- John David Ashcroft R-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Harry Reid D-NV
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
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