To eliminate caps on punitive damage awards.

On May 10, 1995, the Senate voted 54–44 on “On the Motion to Table” (HR 956). Result: Motion to Table Agreed to. By party: Republicans 46–7, Democrats 8–37. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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: 54
No: 44
Did not vote: 5
Date: May 10, 1995

By party

Republicans46 yes · 7 no · 2 didn’t vote
Democrats8 yes · 37 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted no
Christopher John Dodd D-CT voted yes
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
Charles Spittal Robb D-VA voted yes
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted yes
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no

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
Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Christopher John Dodd D-CT
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
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
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
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
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
James Strom Thurmond R-SC
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Fred Dalton Thompson R-TN
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
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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