To provide for a uniform product liability law and to provide assurance of access to certain biomaterials.

On May 8, 1995, the Senate voted 43–49 on “On the Cloture Motion” (HR 956). Result: Cloture Motion Rejected. By party: Republicans 41–10, Democrats 2–39. 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: Cloture Motion Rejected
Yes: 43
No: 49
Did not vote: 11
Date: May 8, 1995

By party

Republicans41 yes · 10 no · 4 didn’t vote
Democrats2 yes · 39 no · 7 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted no
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT voted yes
William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
William Thad Cochran R-MS 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
Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA 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
John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
George Hanks (Hank) Brown R-CO
Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
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
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
James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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