Date: 1997-03-19 Congress: 105-1
Question: On the Motion to Table
Description: SJRES23 — A joint resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should exercise her best professional judgement, without regard to political pressures, on whether to invoke the independent counsel process to investigate alleged criminal misconduct relating to any election campaign.
Result: Motion to Table Agreed to Yeas 58 / Nays 41 / Present None / Not voting None
Write-ups: none
| Legislator | Party | State | Vote | ID |
| Abraham, Spencer |
R | MI |
Yea | A000355 |
| Akaka, Daniel Kahikina |
D | HI |
Nay | A000069 |
| Allard, A. Wayne |
R | CO |
Yea | A000109 |
| Ashcroft, John David |
R | MO |
Yea | A000356 |
| Baucus, Max Sieben |
D | MT |
Nay | B000243 |
| Bennett, Robert Foster (Bob) |
R | UT |
Yea | B000382 |
| Biden, Joseph Robinette (Joe), Jr. |
D | DE |
Nay | B000444 |
| Bingaman, Jesse Francis (Jeff), Jr. |
D | NM |
Nay | B000468 |
| Bond, Christopher Samuel (Kit) |
R | MO |
Yea | B000611 |
| Boxer, Barbara |
D | CA |
Nay | B000711 |
| Breaux, John Berlinger |
D | LA |
Nay | B000780 |
| Brownback, Sam Dale |
R | KS |
Yea | B000953 |
| Bryan, Richard H |
D | NV |
Nay | B000993 |
| Bumpers, Dale |
D | AR |
Nay | B001057 |
| Burns, Conrad |
R | MT |
Yea | B001126 |
| Byrd, Robert Carlyle |
D | WV |
Nay | B001210 |
| Campbell, Ben Nighthorse |
R | CO |
Yea | C000077 |
| Chafee, John Hubbard |
R | RI |
Yea | C000269 |
| Cleland, Joseph Maxwell (Max) |
D | GA |
Nay | C001034 |
| Coats, Daniel Ray |
R | IN |
Yea | C000542 |
| Cochran, William Thad |
R | MS |
Yea | C000567 |
| Collins, Susan Margaret |
R | ME |
Yea | C001035 |
| Conrad, Kent |
D | ND |
Nay | C000705 |
| Coverdell, Paul |
R | GA |
Yea | C000813 |
| Craig, Larry Edwin |
R | ID |
Yea | C000858 |
| D'Amato, Alfonse Marcello |
R | NY |
Yea | D000018 |
| Daschle, Thomas Andrew |
D | SD |
Nay | D000064 |
| Dewine, Michael |
R | OH |
Yea | D000294 |
| Dodd, Christopher John |
D | CT |
Present | D000388 |
| Domenici, Pete Vichi |
R | NM |
Yea | D000407 |
| Dorgan, Byron Leslie |
D | ND |
Nay | D000432 |
| Durbin, Richard Joseph |
D | IL |
Nay | D000563 |
| Enzi, Michael B. |
R | WY |
Yea | E000285 |
| Faircloth, Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) |
R | NC |
Yea | F000437 |
| Feingold, Russell Dana |
D | WI |
Yea | F000061 |
| Feinstein, Dianne |
D | CA |
Nay | F000062 |
| Ford, Wendell Hampton |
D | KY |
Nay | F000268 |
| Frist, William H. |
R | TN |
Yea | F000439 |
| Glenn, John Herschel, Jr. |
D | OH |
Nay | G000236 |
| Gorton, Thomas Slade, III (Slade) |
R | WA |
Yea | G000333 |
| Graham, Daniel Robert (Bob) |
D | FL |
Nay | G000352 |
| Gramm, William Philip (Phil) |
R | TX |
Yea | G000365 |
| Grams, Rod |
R | MN |
Yea | G000367 |
| Grassley, Charles Ernest |
R | IA |
Yea | G000386 |
| Gregg, Judd Alan |
R | NH |
Yea | G000445 |
| Hagel, Charles Timothy (Chuck) |
R | NE |
Yea | H001028 |
| Harkin, Thomas Richard (Tom) |
D | IA |
Nay | H000206 |
| Hatch, Orrin Grant |
R | UT |
Yea | H000338 |
| Helms, Jesse |
R | NC |
Yea | H000463 |
| Hollings, Ernest Frederick (Fritz) |
D | SC |
Nay | H000725 |
| Hutchinson, Timothy |
R | AR |
Yea | H001015 |
| Hutchison, Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) |
R | TX |
Yea | H001016 |
| Inhofe, James Mountain |
R | OK |
Yea | I000024 |
| Inouye, Daniel Ken |
D | HI |
Nay | I000025 |
| Jeffords, James Merrill |
I | VT |
Yea | J000072 |
| Johnson, Timothy Peter (Tim) |
D | SD |
Nay | J000177 |
| Kempthorne, Dirk |
R | ID |
Yea | K000088 |
| Kennedy, Edward Moore (Ted) |
D | MA |
Nay | K000105 |
| Kerrey, J. Robert |
D | NE |
Nay | K000146 |
| Kerry, John Forbes |
D | MA |
Nay | K000148 |
| Kohl, Herbert H. |
D | WI |
Nay | K000305 |
| Kyl, Jon Llewellyn |
R | AZ |
Yea | K000352 |
| Landrieu, Mary L. |
D | LA |
Nay | L000550 |
| Lautenberg, Frank Raleigh |
D | NJ |
Nay | L000123 |
| Leahy, Patrick Joseph |
D | VT |
Nay | L000174 |
| Levin, Carl |
D | MI |
Nay | L000261 |
| Lieberman, Joseph I. |
ID | CT |
Nay | L000304 |
| Lott, Chester Trent |
R | MS |
Yea | L000447 |
| Lugar, Richard Green |
R | IN |
Yea | L000504 |
| Mack, Connie, III |
R | FL |
Yea | M000019 |
| McCain, John Sidney, III |
R | AZ |
Yea | M000303 |
| McConnell, Addison Mitchell (Mitch) |
R | KY |
Yea | M000355 |
| Mikulski, Barbara Ann |
D | MD |
Nay | M000702 |
| Moseley Braun, Carol |
D | IL |
Nay | M001025 |
| Moynihan, Daniel Patrick |
D | NY |
Yea | M001054 |
| Murkowski, Frank Hughes |
R | AK |
Yea | M001085 |
| Murray, Patty |
D | WA |
Nay | M001111 |
| Nickles, Donald Lee |
R | OK |
Yea | N000102 |
| Reed, John F. (Jack) |
D | RI |
Nay | R000122 |
| Reid, Harry |
D | NV |
Nay | R000146 |
| Robb, Charles Spittal |
D | VA |
Nay | R000295 |
| Roberts, Charles Patrick (Pat) |
R | KS |
Yea | R000307 |
| Rockefeller, John Davison (Jay), IV |
D | WV |
Nay | R000361 |
| Roth, William Victor, Jr. |
R | DE |
Yea | R000460 |
| Santorum, Richard John (Rick) |
R | PA |
Yea | S000059 |
| Sarbanes, Paul Spyros |
D | MD |
Nay | S000064 |
| Sessions, Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff), III |
R | AL |
Yea | S001141 |
| Shelby, Richard C. |
R | AL |
Yea | S000320 |
| Smith, Robert C. |
R | NH |
Yea | S000606 |
| Smith, Gordon Harold |
R | OR |
Yea | S001142 |
| Snowe, Olympia Jean |
R | ME |
Yea | S000663 |
| Specter, Arlen |
D | PA |
Yea | S000709 |
| Stevens, Theodore Fulton (Ted) |
R | AK |
Yea | S000888 |
| Thomas, Craig Lyle |
R | WY |
Yea | T000162 |
| Thompson, Fred Dalton |
R | TN |
Yea | T000457 |
| Thurmond, James Strom |
R | SC |
Yea | T000254 |
| Torricelli, Robert Guy |
D | NJ |
Nay | T000317 |
| Warner, John William |
R | VA |
Yea | W000154 |
| Wellstone, Paul David |
D | MN |
Yea | W000288 |
| Wyden, Ronald Lee |
D | OR |
Nay | W000779 |