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Vote Data for HR956 (104th Congress)


Date: May 10, 1995

Subject: Product Liability Overhaul

Description: Passage of the bill to rewrite the rules governing product liability suits in federal and state courts. The legislation caps punitive damage awards against small companies and places new limits on such damage awards against larger companies, thereby reducing consumer costs and increasing product availability. The bill also abolishes so-called joint and several liability for non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering.

Result: Bill Passed, 61-37

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Voted in Favor:

Spencer Abraham (R-MI)  
John Ashcroft (R-MO)  
Bob Bennett (R-UT)  
Christopher Bond (R-MO)  
Hank Brown (R-CO)  
Conrad Burns (R-MT)  
Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO)  
John Chafee (R-RI)  
Dan Coats (R-IN)  
Thad Cochran (R-MS)  
Kent Conrad (D-ND)  
Paul Coverdell (R-GA)  
Larry Craig (R-ID)  
Mike DeWine (R-OH)  
Christopher Dodd (D-CT)  
Robert Dole (R-KS)  
Pete Domenici (R-NM)  
Byron Dorgan (D-ND)  
James Exon (D-NE)  
Lauch Faircloth (R-NC)  
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)  
Bill Frist (R-TN)  
John Glenn (D-OH)  
Slade Gorton (R-WA)  
Phil Gramm (R-TX)  
Rod Grams (R-MN)  
Charles Grassley (R-IA)  
Judd Gregg (R-NH)  
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)  
Mark Hatfield (R-OR)  
Jesse Helms (R-NC)  
Kay Bailey (R-TX)  
Jim Inhofe (R-OK)  
Jim Jeffords (R-VT)  
Bennett Johnston (D-LA)  
Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS)  
Dirk Kempthorne (R-ID)  
Herb Kohl (D-WI)  
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)  
Trent Lott (R-MS)  
Richard Lugar (R-IN)  
Connie Mack (R-FL)  
John McCain (R-AZ)  
Mitch McConnell (R-KY)  
Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)  
Carol Moseley-Braun (D-IL)  
Frank Murkowski (R-AK)  
Don Nickles (R-OK)  
Sam Nunn (D-GA)  
Claiborne Pell (D-RI)  
Larry Pressler (R-SD)  
David Pryor (D-AR)  
Charles Robb (D-VA)  
Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)  
Rick Santorum (R-PA)  
Bob Smith (R-NH)  
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)  
Ted Stevens (R-AK)  
Craig Thomas (R-WY)  
Fred Thompson (R-TN)  
Strom Thurmond (R-SC)  

Voted Against:

Daniel Akaka (D-HI)  
Max Baucus (D-MT)  
Joe Biden (D-DE)  
Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)  
Barbara Boxer (D-CA)  
Bill Bradley (D-NJ)  
John Breaux (D-LA)  
Richard Bryan (D-NV)  
Dale Bumpers (D-AR)  
Robert Byrd (D-WV)  
William Cohen (R-ME)  
Al D'Amato (R-NY)  
Tom Daschle (D-SD)  
Russ Feingold (D-WI)  
Wendell Ford (D-KY)  
Bob Graham (D-FL)  
Tom Harkin (D-IA)  
Howell Heflin (D-AL)  
Ernest Hollings (D-SC)  
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)  
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)  
Bob Kerrey (D-NE)  
John Kerry (D-MA)  
Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)  
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)  
Carl Levin (D-MI)  
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)  
Patty Murray (D-WA)  
Bob Packwood (R-OR)  
Harry Reid (D-NV)  
William Roth (R-DE)  
Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)  
Richard Shelby (R-AL)  
Paul Simon (D-IL)  
Alan Simpson (R-WY)  
Arlen Specter (R-PA)  
Paul Wellstone (D-MN)  

Did Not Vote:

Joseph Lieberman (D-CT)  
John Warner (R-VA)  

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