Roll Call Vote #184 · 105th Congress · Session 2 · Jul 7, 1998, 9:35 AM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion S. 648 (S. 648)
A bill to establish legal standards and procedures for product liability litigation, and for other purposes.
Cloture Motion Agreed to (71-24, 3/5 majority required)
71 Yea
24 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 55 senators
50 Yea / 3 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Democrat 45 senators
21 Yea / 21 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (Democrat–NM) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Richard Bryan (Democrat–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Dale Bumpers (Democrat–AR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Robert Byrd (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Alfonse D'Amato (Republican–NY) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Thomas Daschle (Democrat–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Christopher Dodd (Democrat–CT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Byron Dorgan (Democrat–ND) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Glenn, Jr. (Democrat–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Tim Johnson (Democrat–SD) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
J. Kerrey (Democrat–NE) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Herbert Kohl (Democrat–WI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mary Landrieu (Democrat–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Frank Lautenberg (Democrat–NJ) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Patrick Leahy (Democrat–VT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Joseph Lieberman (Democrat–CT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Daniel Moynihan (Democrat–NY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jack Reed (Democrat–RI) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Harry Reid (Democrat–NV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Charles Robb (Democrat–VA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Jay Rockefeller, IV (Democrat–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
William Roth, Jr. (Republican–DE) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Richard Shelby (Republican–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Ron Wyden (Democrat–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 71
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- A. Allard (CO)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Sam Brownback (KS)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- Michael Enzi (WY)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- William Frist (TN)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley (IA)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Chuck Hagel (NE)
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Timothy Hutchinson (AR)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- Tim Johnson (SD)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Mary Landrieu (LA)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Trent Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Pat Roberts (KS)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Jeff Sessions, III (AL)
- Gordon Smith (OR)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- Strom Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
- Ron Wyden (OR)
Nay 24
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Max Cleland (GA)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Patty Murray (WA)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Robert Torricelli (NJ)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
Not Voting 5
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
Other Votes on S. 648
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Vote #188 On the Cloture Motion S.Amdt. 3064 to S. 648 (Product Liability Reform Act of 1…Cloture Motion Rejected (51-47, 3/5 majority required) Jul 9, 1998
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).