Roll Call Vote #293 · 104th Congress · Session 1 · Jun 28, 1995, 9:35 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1485 to S. 240 (Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) (S. 240)
Amendment S.Amdt. 1485 (To clarify the standard plaintiffs must meet in specifying the defendant's state of mind in private securities litigation.)
Amendment Agreed to (57-42)
57 Yea
42 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 54 senators
15 Yea / 38 Nay
1 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 46 senators
42 Yea / 4 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Spencer Abraham (Republican–MI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Dale Bumpers (Democrat–AR) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cochran (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
James Jeffords (Republican–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Connie Mack, III (Republican–FL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Packwood (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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 -
Rick Santorum (Republican–PA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
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
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 57
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- John Chafee (RI)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- J. Bennett Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Robert Packwood (OR)
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- David Pryor (AR)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Nay 42
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Robert Dole (KS)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- 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 #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 #290 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 1479 to S. 240 (Private Securities Litigation Reform A…Amendment Rejected (32-61) Jun 27, 1995
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).