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Senate Roll Call 293, 104th Congress · June 28, 1995

To clarify the standard plaintiffs must meet in specifying the defendant's state of mind in private securities litigation. — (SENATE AGREED TO SPECTER AMENDMENT NO. 1485, TO CLARIFY THE STANDARD PLAINTIFFS MUST MEET IN SPECIFYING THE DEFENDANT'S STATE OF MIND IN PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION.)

Question before the chamber: On the Amendment

57 yea · 42 nayAmendment Agreed to1 not voting or present
Democrat42 yea · 4 nay
Republican13 yea · 38 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 240 ↗

Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector — 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.

  • Financial RegulationA yea counts toward “Regulate”

    model(0.85): Clarifying plaintiffs' pleading standard in securities lawsuits preserves regulatory oversight of corporations.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Finance and Financial Sector

    Axis: Regulate ← → Deregulate

Who voted which way

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

Yea (57)

Nay (42)

Not voting or present (1)

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