Roll Call Vote #287 · 104th Congress · Session 1 · Jun 27, 1995, 10:49 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1475 to S. 240 (Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1475 (To establish procedures governing the appointment of lead plaintiffs in private securities class actions.)
Amendment Rejected (41-58)
41 Yea
58 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 50 senators
3 Yea / 46 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
37 Yea / 8 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) 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 -
John Johnston, Jr. (Democrat–LA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Barbara Mikulski (Democrat–MD) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Carol Moseley Braun (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) 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
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 41
- 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)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- 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)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Nay 58
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Mitch McConnell
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Present 1
- Kit Bond (MO)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).