Roll Call Vote #137 · 104th Congress · Session 1 · May 2, 1995, 11:06 AM (ET)
On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 604 to S.Amdt. 603 to S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 956 (H.R. 956)
Amendment S.Amdt. 604 (To provide for the consideration of health care liability claims relating to certain obstetric services.)
Motion to Table Failed (39-61)
39 Yea
61 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 54 senators
10 Yea / 44 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 46 senators
29 Yea / 17 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Max Baucus (Democrat–MT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Bryan (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
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 -
Michael DeWine (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Slade Gorton, III (Republican–WA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bob Graham (Democrat–FL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Kerrey (Democrat–NE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Barbara Mikulski (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
David Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) 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
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 39
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Nay 61
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- William Frist (TN)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
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 #135 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 597 to S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 956 (Common Sense Pro…Motion to Table Failed (45-52) 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 #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 ↗).