Senate roll call 596 · 105th Congress · Oct 6, 1998
A bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending Septembe
On Oct 6, 1998, the Senate voted 55–43 on “On the Conference Report” (HR 4101). Result: Conference Report Agreed to. By party: Republicans 50–5, Democrats 5–38. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- Conference Report Agreed to
- Yes
- 55
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Oct 6, 1998
By party
- Republicans50 yes · 5 no
- Democrats5 yes · 38 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ voted no
- Barbara Boxer D-CA voted yes
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted yes
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted yes
- Conrad Burns R-MT voted no
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH voted no
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY 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
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- 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
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- 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
- Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- 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
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- 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
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Carol Moseley Braun D-IL
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- Conrad Burns R-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg 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
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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