Roll Call Vote #290 · 104th Congress · Session 1 · Jun 27, 1995, 7:59 PM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1479 to S. 240 (Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) (S. 240)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1479 (To provide for an early evaluation procedure in securities class actions.)
Amendment Rejected (32-61)
32 Yea
61 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 54 senators
3 Yea / 45 Nay
6 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 46 senators
29 Yea / 16 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 -
Dale Bumpers (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
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 -
Wendell Ford (Democrat–KY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Glenn, Jr. (Democrat–OH) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Kerry (Democrat–MA) 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 -
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 -
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 -
Charles Robb (Democrat–VA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 32
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Nay 61
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- 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)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- William Frist (TN)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 6
- John Chafee (RI)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
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 #287 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1475 to S. 240 (Private Securities Litigation Reform A…Amendment Rejected (41-58) 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 #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 ↗).