Roll Call Vote #135 · 104th Congress · Session 1 · Apr 26, 1995, 6:43 PM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 597 to S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 956 (Common Sense Product Liability and Legal Reform Act of 1995) (H.R. 956)
Amendment S.Amdt. 597 (To provide for equity in legal fees, and for other purposes.)
Motion to Table Failed (45-52)
45 Yea
52 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 54 senators
13 Yea / 39 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 46 senators
32 Yea / 13 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Barbara Boxer (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Bill Bradley (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kent Conrad (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Russell Feingold (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Glenn, Jr. (Democrat–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Slade Gorton, III (Republican–WA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Phil Gramm (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Kay Hutchison (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Frank Lautenberg (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Connie Mack, III (Republican–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Barbara Mikulski (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Donald Nickles (Republican–OK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Charles Robb (Democrat–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Fred Thompson (Republican–TN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Paul Wellstone (Democrat–MN) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 45
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
Nay 52
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Not Voting 3
- Kit Bond (MO)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
Other Votes on H.R. 956
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Vote #134 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 598 to S.Amdt. 597 to S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 956Motion to Table Agreed to (94-3) Apr 26, 1995
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Vote #136 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 599 to S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 956 (Common Sense Product L…Amendment Agreed to (56-37) Apr 26, 1995
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Vote #137 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 604 to S.Amdt. 603 to S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 956Motion to Table Failed (39-61) May 2, 1995
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Vote #138 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 605 to S.Amdt. 603 to S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 956Motion to Table Agreed to (69-31) May 2, 1995
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Vote #139 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 608 to S.Amdt. 603 to S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 956Amendment Agreed to (60-40) May 2, 1995
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Vote #140 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 609 to S.Amdt. 603 to S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 956Motion to Table Agreed to (65-35) May 2, 1995
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Vote #141 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 611 to S.Amdt. 603 to S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 956Motion to Table Agreed to (56-44) May 2, 1995
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Vote #142 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 614 to S.Amdt. 603 to S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 956Motion to Table Agreed to (51-49) May 2, 1995
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Vote #143 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 607 to S.Amdt. 603 to S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 956Motion to Table Agreed to (55-45) May 2, 1995
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Vote #144 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 603 to S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 956 (Common Sense Product L…Amendment Agreed to (53-47) May 2, 1995
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).