To reform the health care liability system and improve health care quality through the establishment of quality assurance programs.

On May 2, 1995, the Senate voted 53–47 on “On the Amendment” (HR 956). Result: Amendment Agreed to. By party: Republicans 48–6, Democrats 5–41. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 members voted against their own party.

During the 104th Congress (1995–1996), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Result: Amendment Agreed to
Yes: 53
No: 47
Did not vote: 3
Date: May 2, 1995

By party

Republicans48 yes · 6 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats5 yes · 41 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted no
Dianne Feinstein D-CA voted yes
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN voted no
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
Dianne Feinstein D-CA
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
Connie Mack III R-FL
Paul Coverdell R-GA
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
Dirk Kempthorne R-ID
Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
Daniel Ray Coats R-IN
Richard Green Lugar R-IN
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
Spencer Abraham R-MI
Rod Grams R-MN
Christopher Samuel (Kit) Bond R-MO
John David Ashcroft R-MO
Chester Trent Lott R-MS
William Thad Cochran R-MS
Conrad Burns R-MT
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
J. James Exon D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
Michael Dewine R-OH
Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
William H. Frist R-TN
Kathryn Ann Bailey (Kay) Hutchison R-TX
William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Robert Foster (Bob) Bennett R-UT
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To reform the health care liability system…: Senate Vote, May 2, 1995,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/104-S-144/to-reform-the-health-care-liability-system-and-improve (accessed 2026-10-17).