What was the result of Senate roll call vote 594 in the 104th Congress?

The Senate vote on Dec 7, 1995 ended "Motion to Table Failed (48-49)", 48-49. The vote was on: On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3088 to S.Amdt. 3082 to H.R. 1833 (Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995) (H.R. 1833).

How many senators voted yes and no on Senate vote 594?

48 senators voted Yea and 49 voted Nay. 1 senator did not vote.

Which party supported Senate vote 594 in the 104th Congress?

Republicans voted 12-40 and Democrats voted 36-9. 21 senators crossed party lines.

Roll Call Vote #594 · 104th Congress · Session 1 · Dec 7, 1995, 8:46 PM (ET)

On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 3088 to S.Amdt. 3082 to H.R. 1833 (Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1995) (H.R. 1833)

Amendment S.Amdt. 3088 (To express the sense of the Senate that the Senate should, through the Committee on the Judiciary, conduct hearings to investigate the effect of the new patent provisions of title 35, United States Code, (as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act) on the approval of generic drugs.)

Motion to Table Failed (48-49)

48 Yea

49 Nay

← Vote #593 Vote #595 →

How the Parties Voted

Republican 53 senators

12 Yea / 40 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Nay

Democrat 46 senators

36 Yea / 9 Nay

1 not voting or present

Majority position: Yea

Crossed Party Lines

Joe Biden, Jr. (Democrat–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Kit Bond (Republican–MO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Hank Brown (Republican–CO) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
John Chafee (Republican–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
William Cohen (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Tom Harkin (Democrat–IA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Fritz Hollings (Democrat–SC) 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
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Frank Lautenberg (Democrat–NJ) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Richard Lugar (Republican–IN) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
John McCain, III (Republican–AZ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Carol Moseley Braun (Democrat–IL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Claiborne Pell (Democrat–RI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Larry Pressler (Republican–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Olympia Snowe (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay

Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted

Yea 48

Nay 49

Not Voting 1

Daniel Moynihan (NY)

Present 1

Alan Simpson (WY)

Other Votes on H.R. 1833

Vote #563 On the Motion (Specter Motion to commit to the Committee on the Judiciary)

Motion Agreed to (90-7) Nov 8, 1995
Vote #592 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3081 to S.Amdt. 3080 to H.R. 1833 (Partial-Birth Abort…

Amendment Agreed to (98-0) Dec 7, 1995
Vote #593 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3083 to S.Amdt. 3082 to H.R. 1833 (Partial-Birth Abort…

Amendment Rejected (47-51) Dec 7, 1995
Vote #595 On the Amendment S.Amdt. 3092 to H.R. 1833 (Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 1…

Amendment Rejected (44-53) Dec 7, 1995
Vote #596 On Passage of the Bill H.R. 1833

Bill Passed (54-44) Dec 7, 1995
Vote #301 On Overriding the Veto H.R. 1833

Veto Sustained (58-40, 2/3 majority required) Sep 26, 1996

All Senate votes on H.R. 1833 →

Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).

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