To encourage the provision of medical services in medically underserved communities by extending Federal liability coverage to medical volunteers.

On Apr 18, 1996, the Senate voted 47–51 on “On the Motion to Table” (S 1028). Result: Motion to Table Failed. By party: Republicans 7–44, Democrats 40–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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 Failed
Yes: 47
No: 51
Did not vote: 5
Date: Apr 18, 1996

By party

Republicans7 yes · 44 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats40 yes · 7 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted yes
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted no
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME voted yes
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND voted no
J. James Exon D-NE voted no
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ voted no
Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted yes
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
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
Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
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
Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
Duncan McLauchlin (Lauch) Faircloth R-NC
Jesse Helms R-NC
Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
J. James Exon D-NE
Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
Robert C. Smith R-NH
Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
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
Arlen Specter R-PA
Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
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
John William Warner R-VA
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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