A joint resolution approving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment with respect to the products of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

On Oct 3, 2001, the Senate voted 88–12 on “On the Joint Resolution” (HJRES 51). Result: Joint Resolution Passed. By party: Democrats 48–2, Republicans 39–10, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 members voted against their own party.

During the 107th Congress (2001–2002), George W. Bush was president, and Republicans held the House majority, while the Senate was split evenly.

Result: Joint Resolution Passed
Yes: 88
No: 12
Did not vote: 2
Date: Oct 3, 2001

By party

Republicans39 yes · 10 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats48 yes · 2 no
Independents1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL voted no
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO voted no
James Paul David Bunning R-KY voted no
Chester Trent Lott R-MS voted no
William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
Robert C. Smith R-NH voted no
James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX voted no
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
James Paul David Bunning R-KY
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Jesse Helms R-NC
Robert C. Smith R-NH
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV

Did not vote

Dean Barkley I-MN
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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