To provide for proportionate liability for noneconomic damages in all civil actions whose subject matter affects commerce.

On May 4, 1995, the Senate voted 51–48 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 956). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 9–45, Democrats 42–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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: Motion to Table Agreed to
Yes: 51
No: 48
Did not vote: 4
Date: May 4, 1995

By party

Republicans9 yes · 45 no · 1 didn’t vote
Democrats42 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted yes
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
Arlen Specter R-PA voted yes
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN voted yes
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT voted yes
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
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
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
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
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
John William Warner R-VA
Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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