Senate roll call 196 · 106th Congress · Jul 1, 1999
A bill to establish certain procedures for civil actions brought for damages relating to the failure of any device or system to process or otherwise deal with t
On Jul 1, 1999, the Senate voted 81–18 on “On the Conference Report” (HR 775). Result: Conference Report Agreed to. By party: Republicans 52–2, Democrats 29–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 members voted against their own party.
During the 106th Congress (1999–2000), Bill Clinton was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Result
- Conference Report Agreed to
- Yes
- 81
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 3
- Date
- Jul 1, 1999
By party
- Republicans52 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 16 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI voted no
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL voted no
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA voted no
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN voted no
- John Edwards D-NC voted no
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ voted no
- Harry Reid D-NV voted no
- Arlen Specter R-PA voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI voted no
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Jefferson Beauregard (Jeff) Sessions III R-AL
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln D-AR
- Timothy Hutchinson R-AR
- John Sidney Mccain III R-AZ
- Jon Llewellyn Kyl R-AZ
- Barbara Boxer D-CA
- Dianne Feinstein D-CA
- A. Wayne Allard R-CO
- Ben Nighthorse Campbell R-CO
- Christopher John Dodd D-CT
- Joseph I. Lieberman D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Connie Mack III R-FL
- Daniel Robert (Bob) Graham D-FL
- Joseph Maxwell (Max) Cleland D-GA
- Paul Coverdell R-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Ernest Grassley R-IA
- Thomas Richard (Tom) Harkin D-IA
- Larry Edwin Craig R-ID
- Michael Dean Crapo R-ID
- Peter G. Fitzgerald R-IL
- Evan Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Charles Patrick (Pat) Roberts R-KS
- Sam Dale Brownback R-KS
- Addison Mitchell (Mitch) Mcconnell R-KY
- James Paul David Bunning R-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- John Forbes Kerry D-MA
- Barbara Ann Mikulski D-MD
- Olympia Jean Snowe R-ME
- Susan Margaret Collins 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
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Byron Leslie Dorgan D-ND
- Kent Conrad D-ND
- Charles Timothy (Chuck) Hagel R-NE
- J. Robert Kerrey D-NE
- Judd Alan Gregg R-NH
- Robert C. Smith R-NH
- Frank Raleigh Lautenberg D-NJ
- Jesse Francis (Jeff) Bingaman Jr. D-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Richard H Bryan D-NV
- Charles Ellis (Chuck) Schumer D-NY
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- George Victor Voinovich R-OH
- Michael Dewine R-OH
- Donald Lee Nickles R-OK
- James Mountain Inhofe R-OK
- Gordon Harold Smith R-OR
- Ronald Lee Wyden D-OR
- Richard John (Rick) Santorum R-PA
- John F. (Jack) Reed D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Thomas Andrew Daschle D-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
- John William Warner R-VA
- James Merrill Jeffords R-VT
- Patty Murray D-WA
- Thomas Slade Gorton III (Slade) R-WA
- Herbert H. Kohl D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Craig Lyle Thomas R-WY
- Michael B. Enzi R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Richard C. Shelby R-AL
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Kahikina Akaka D-HI
- Richard Joseph Durbin D-IL
- John Berlinger Breaux D-LA
- Mary L. Landrieu D-LA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Paul David Wellstone D-MN
- John Edwards D-NC
- Robert Guy Torricelli D-NJ
- Harry Reid D-NV
- Arlen Specter R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Timothy Peter (Tim) Johnson D-SD
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Russell Dana Feingold D-WI
- John Davison (Jay) Rockefeller IV D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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