A bill instituting a Federal fuels tax holiday.

On Apr 11, 2000, the Senate voted 43–56 on “On the Cloture Motion” (S 2285). Result: Cloture Motion Rejected. By party: Republicans 43–12, Democrats 0–44. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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: Cloture Motion Rejected
Yes: 43
No: 56
Did not vote: 3
Date: Apr 11, 2000

By party

Republicans43 yes · 12 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 44 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Timothy Hutchinson R-AR voted no
Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS voted no
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO voted no
John David Ashcroft R-MO voted no
George Victor Voinovich R-OH voted no
Lincoln Davenport Chafee R-RI voted no
William H. Frist R-TN voted no
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT voted no
John William Warner R-VA voted no
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted no
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY voted no
Michael B. Enzi 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
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
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
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Susan Margaret Collins R-ME
Spencer Abraham R-MI
Rod Grams R-MN
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Jesse Helms R-NC
Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
Arlen Specter R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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