Senate Roll Call 139, 104th Congress · May 2, 1995

To limit the amount of punitive damages that may be awarded in a health care liability action. — (SENATE AGREED TO SNOWE AMENDMENT NO. 608 TO AMENDMENT NO. 603, TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF PUNITIVE DAMAGES THAT MAY BE AWARDED IN A HEALTH CARE LIABILITY ACTION.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

61 yea · 39 nayAmendment Agreed to

Democrat12 yea · 34 nay

Republican47 yea · 5 nay

Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

H.R. 956 ↗

Product Liability Fairness Act of 1995

Policy area: Commerce — assigned by Library of Congress subject specialists, not by this site.

How this vote is scored

Which tracked issues this roll call counts toward, and which way a yea vote moves a member on each. Direction is decided per issue, because one bill can push two issues opposite ways.

Health CareDirection unreadable — not scored
excluded:model-unclear (0.90) Limiting punitive damages in medical malpractice suits does not directly address expanding or restricting coverage.
Tagged by: keyword:health care
Axis: Expand coverage ← → Restrict coverage

Who voted which way

Every member recorded on this roll call, with the party they sat with at the time.

Yea (61)

Nay (39)

Not voting or present (0)

None

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