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Vote Data for S280 (106th Congress)


Date: March 9, 1999

Subject: Educational Flexibility

Description: Motion to invoke cloture (thus limiting debate) on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee substitute amendment that would expand from 12 to 50 the number of states eligible for greater latitude in spending federal school aid. The language would allow states to waive certain federal rules normally required in order to use federal education funds. Three-fifths of the total Senate (60 votes) is required to invoke cloture.

Result: Cloture Motion Rejected, 55-39

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Voted in Favor:

Spencer Abraham (R-MI)  
Wayne Allard (R-CO)  
John Ashcroft (R-MO)  
Bob Bennett (R-UT)  
Christopher Bond (R-MO)  
Sam Brownback (R-KS)  
Jim Bunning (R-KY)  
Conrad Burns (R-MT)  
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO)  
John Chafee (R-RI)  
Thad Cochran (R-MS)  
Susan Collins (R-ME)  
Paul Coverdell (R-GA)  
Larry Craig (R-ID)  
Mike Crapo (R-ID)  
Mike DeWine (R-OH)  
Pete Domenici (R-NM)  
Michael Enzi (R-WY)  
Peter Fitzgerald (R-IL)  
Bill Frist (R-TN)  
Slade Gorton (R-WA)  
Phil Gramm (R-TX)  
Rod Grams (R-MN)  
Charles Grassley (R-IA)  
Judd Gregg (R-NH)  
Chuck Hagel (R-NE)  
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)  
Jesse Helms (R-NC)  
Kay Bailey (R-TX)  
Tim Hutchinson (R-AR)  
Jim Inhofe (R-OK)  
Jim Jeffords (R-VT)  
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)  
Trent Lott (R-MS)  
Richard Lugar (R-IN)  
Connie Mack (R-FL)  
John McCain (R-AZ)  
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)  
Frank Murkowski (R-AK)  
Don Nickles (R-OK)  
Pat Roberts (R-KS)  
William Roth (R-DE)  
Rick Santorum (R-PA)  
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)  
Richard Shelby (R-AL)  
Bob Smith (R-NH)  
Gordon Smith (R-OR)  
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)  
Arlen Specter (R-PA)  
Ted Stevens (R-AK)  
Craig Thomas (R-WY)  
Fred Thompson (R-TN)  
Strom Thurmond (R-SC)  
George Voinovich (R-OH)  
John Warner (R-VA)  

Voted Against:

Daniel Akaka (D-HI)  
Max Baucus (D-MT)  
Evan Bayh (D-IN)  
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)  
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)  
John Breaux (D-LA)  
Richard Bryan (D-NV)  
Robert Byrd (D-WV)  
Max Cleland (D-GA)  
Kent Conrad (D-ND)  
Tom Daschle (D-SD)  
Christopher Dodd (D-CT)  
Byron Dorgan (D-ND)  
Richard Durbin (D-IL)  
John Edwards (D-NC)  
Russ Feingold (D-WI)  
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)  
Tom Harkin (D-IA)  
Ernest Hollings (D-SC)  
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)  
Tim Johnson (D-SD)  
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)  
Bob Kerrey (D-NE)  
John Kerry (D-MA)  
Herb Kohl (D-WI)  
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)  
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)  
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)  
Carl Levin (D-MI)  
Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)  
Blanche Lambert (D-AR)  
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)  
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)  
Jack Reed (D-RI)  
Harry Reid (D-NV)  
Charles Robb (D-VA)  
Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)  
Charles Schumer (D-NY)  
Ron Wyden (D-OR)  

Did Not Vote:

Joe Biden (D-DE)  
Bob Graham (D-FL)  
Patty Murray (D-WA)  
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)  
Robert Torricelli (D-NJ)  
Paul Wellstone (D-MN)  

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