[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 73 (Thursday, May 4, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6158-S6159]
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                                  VOTE

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate 
that debate on the Gorton amendment No. 596 to H.R. 956, the product 
liability bill, shall be brought to a close? The yeas and nays are 
required.
  The clerk will call the roll.
  The legislative clerk called the roll.
  Mr. FORD. I announce that the Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. Pell] is 
absent on official business.
  I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from 
Rhode Island [Mr. Pell] would vote ``aye.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Snowe). Are there any other Senators in 
the Chamber who desire to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 47, nays 52, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 152 Leg.]

                                YEAS--47

     Abraham
     Ashcroft
     Bennett
     Bond
     Brown
     Burns
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Coats
     Coverdell
     Craig
     DeWine
     Dole
     Domenici
     Exon
     Faircloth
     Frist
     Gorton
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Hatch
     Hatfield
     [[Page S6159]] Helms
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Jeffords
     Kassebaum
     Kempthorne
     Kyl
     Lieberman
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McCain
     McConnell
     Murkowski
     Nickles
     Pressler
     Santorum
     Smith
     Snowe
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thurmond
     Warner

                                NAYS--52

     Akaka
     Baucus
     Biden
     Bingaman
     Boxer
     Bradley
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Cochran
     Cohen
     Conrad
     D'Amato
     Daschle
     Dodd
     Dorgan
     Feingold
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Glenn
     Graham
     Harkin
     Heflin
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Johnston
     Kennedy
     Kerrey
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Moynihan
     Murray
     Nunn
     Packwood
     Pryor
     Reid
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Roth
     Sarbanes
     Shelby
     Simon
     Simpson
     Specter
     Thompson
     Wellstone

                             NOT VOTING--1

       
     Pell
       
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 47, the nays are 
52. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn not having voted 
in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to.
  Mr. HOLLINGS. Mr. President, I move to reconsider the vote by which 
the motion was rejected.
  Mr. FORD. I move to lay that motion on the table.
  The motion to lay on the table was agreed to.
  Mr. BRADLEY addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Jersey.
  Mr. BRADLEY. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to proceed as 
if in morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. BRADLEY. I thank the Chair.
  (The remarks of Mr. Bradley pertaining to the introduction of S. 759 
are located in today's Record under ``Statements on Introduced Bills 
and Joint Resolutions.'')
  Mr. BENNETT addressed the Chair.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah is recognized.
  Mr. BENNETT. I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to continue 
for up to 15 minutes as in morning business.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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