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) (S. 240)
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 54 senators
5 Yea / 48 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 46 senators
36 Yea / 10 Nay
Majority position: Yea
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 -
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 -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) 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 -
Patty Murray (Democrat–WA) 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 -
Arlen Specter (Republican–PA) 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 (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- 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)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Present 1
- Kit Bond (MO)
Other Votes on S. 240
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Vote #281 On the Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider S. 240Motion to Table Motion to Reconsider Agreed to (69-19) Jun 22, 1995
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Vote #282 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1468 to S. 240 (Private Securities Litigation Reform A…Amendment Rejected (30-56) Jun 23, 1995
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Vote #283 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1469 to S. 240 (Private Securities Litigation Re…Motion to Table Agreed to (52-41) Jun 26, 1995
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Vote #284 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1472 to S. 240 (Private Securities Litigation Reform A…Amendment Rejected (29-65) Jun 26, 1995
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Vote #285 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1473 to S. 240 (Private Securities Litigation Reform A…Amendment Agreed to (93-1) Jun 26, 1995
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Vote #286 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1474 to S. 240 (Private Securities Litigation Reform A…Amendment Rejected (39-60) Jun 27, 1995
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Vote #288 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1477 to S. 240 (Private Securities Litigation Reform A…Amendment Rejected (43-56) Jun 27, 1995
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Vote #289 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1478 to S. 240 (Private Securities Litigation Re…Motion to Table Agreed to (50-48) Jun 27, 1995
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Vote #290 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1479 to S. 240 (Private Securities Litigation Reform A…Amendment Rejected (32-61) Jun 27, 1995
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Vote #291 On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 1483 to S. 240 (Private Securities Litigation Re…Motion to Table Agreed to (57-38) Jun 28, 1995
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).