Roll Call Vote #156 · 104th Congress · Session 1 · May 9, 1995, 10:53 AM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 690 to S.Amdt. 596 to H.R. 956 (Common Sense Product Liability and Legal Reform Act of 1995) (H.R. 956)
Amendment S.Amdt. 690 (To provide for a uniform product liability law and to provide assurance of access to certain biomaterials.)
Cloture Motion Agreed to (60-38, 3/5 majority required)
60 Yea
38 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 54 senators
46 Yea / 7 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 46 senators
14 Yea / 31 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Exon (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Dianne Feinstein (Democrat–CA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Barbara Mikulski (Democrat–MD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Carol Moseley Braun (Democrat–IL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Claiborne Pell (Democrat–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
David Pryor (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Charles Robb (Democrat–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Alan Simpson (Republican–WY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 60
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- 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)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
Nay 38
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Not Voting 2
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- 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 #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
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).