[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 207 (Friday, December 22, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S19180]
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                 SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT--VETO

  The Senate continued with the reconsideration of the bill.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Shall the bill (H.R. 1058) 
pass, the objections of the President of the United States to the 
contrary notwithstanding? The yeas and nays are required under the 
Constitution. The clerk will call the roll.
  The assistant legislative clerk called the roll.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber 
desiring to vote?
  The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 68, nays 30, as follows:

                      [Rollcall Vote No. 612 Leg.]

                                YEAS--68

     Abraham
     Ashcroft
     Baucus
     Bennett
     Bingaman
     Bradley
     Brown
     Burns
     Campbell
     Chafee
     Coats
     Cochran
     Coverdell
     Craig
     D'Amato
     DeWine
     Dodd
     Dole
     Domenici
     Exon
     Faircloth
     Feinstein
     Ford
     Frist
     Gorton
     Gramm
     Grams
     Grassley
     Gregg
     Harkin
     Hatch
     Hatfield
     Helms
     Hutchison
     Inhofe
     Jeffords
     Johnston
     Kassebaum
     Kempthorne
     Kennedy
     Kerry
     Kohl
     Kyl
     Lieberman
     Lott
     Lugar
     Mack
     McConnell
     Mikulski
     Moseley-Braun
     Murkowski
     Murray
     Nickles
     Pell
     Pressler
     Reid
     Robb
     Rockefeller
     Roth
     Santorum
     Simpson
     Smith
     Snowe
     Stevens
     Thomas
     Thompson
     Thurmond
     Warner

                                NAYS--30

     Akaka
     Biden
     Boxer
     Breaux
     Bryan
     Bumpers
     Byrd
     Cohen
     Conrad
     Daschle
     Dorgan
     Feingold
     Glenn
     Graham
     Heflin
     Hollings
     Inouye
     Kerrey
     Lautenberg
     Leahy
     Levin
     McCain
     Moynihan
     Nunn
     Pryor
     Sarbanes
     Shelby
     Simon
     Specter
     Wellstone

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

       
     Bond
       
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 68, the nays are 
30. One Senator responding present. Two-thirds of the Senators voting, 
a quorum being present, having voted in the affirmative, the bill on 
reconsideration is passed, the objections of the President of the 
United States to the contrary notwithstanding.
  Mr. BYRD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to address the 
Senate for 3 minutes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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