Senate roll call 676 · 99th Congress · Sep 25, 1986
To agree to a motion to proceed to the consideration of S 2760, the product liablity reform act, to regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform prod
On Sep 25, 1986, the Senate voted 84–13 (S 2760). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 49–2, Democrats 36–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 99th Congress (1985–1986), Ronald Reagan was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 84
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Sep 25, 1986
By party
- Republicans49 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Democrats36 yes · 11 no
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Frank Hughes Murkowski R-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr. R-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Pete Wilson R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Paula Hawkins R-FL
- Mack Francis Mattingly R-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Alan John Dixon D-IL
- Paul Martin Simon D-IL
- James Danforth (Dan) Quayle R-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- James Thomas Broyhill R-NC
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Mark Andrews R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Warren Bruce Rudman R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Jacob Chic Hecht R-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Abdnor R-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Albert Arnold Gore Jr. D-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- William Philip (Phil) Gramm R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Paul Seward Trible Jr. R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Daniel Jackson Evans R-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Robert Walter Kasten Jr. R-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Alfonse Marcello D'Amato R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
- Steven Douglas Symms R-ID
- John Porter East R-NC
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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