Senate roll call 419 · 106th Congress · Mar 28, 2000
To provide for the protection of the flag of the United States and free speech, and for other purposes.
On Mar 28, 2000, the Senate voted 36–64 on “On the Amendment” (SJRES 14). Result: Amendment Rejected. By party: Republicans 7–48, Democrats 29–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 members voted against their own party.
During the 106th Congress (1999–2000), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Amendment Rejected
- Yes
- 36
- No
- 64
- Did not vote
- 2
- Date
- Mar 28, 2000
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 48 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 16 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR voted no
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted no
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA voted no
- Evan Bayh D-IN voted no
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY voted yes
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK voted yes
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR voted yes
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI voted no
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted yes
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted no
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- John Edwards D-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-SD
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
- 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- 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
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
- Spencer Abraham R-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- 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
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Reid D-NV
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-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
- Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
Did not vote
- Zell Bryan Miller D-GA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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