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Senate Roll Call 440, 105th Congress · May 19, 1998

To limit attorneys' fees. — (SENATE TABLED FAIRCLOTH AMENDMENT NO. 2421 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2420, TO ESTABLISH A LIMITATION ON ATTORNEY'S FEES. .)

Question before the chamber: On the Motion to Table

58 yea · 39 nayMotion to Table Agreed to3 not voting or present
Democrat43 yea · 1 nay
Republican13 yea · 38 nay
Independent2 yea · 0 nay

Solid = yea, faded = nay.

The measure

S. 1415 ↗

National Tobacco Policy and Youth Smoking Reduction Act

Policy area: Health — 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 attorneys' fees in a tobacco bill does not directly address health care coverage.

    Tagged by: policy-area:Health

    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 (58)

Nay (39)

Not voting or present (3)

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