Senate roll call 1000 · 95th Congress · Aug 24, 1978
To table the heinz amendment to S. 2640, an amendment that places a ceiling on dual pay for retired personnel serving as civilian federal employees.
On Aug 24, 1978, the Senate voted 32–58 (S 2640). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–29, Republicans 4–29, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 31 members voted against their own party.
During the 95th Congress (1977–1978), Jimmy Carter was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 32
- No
- 58
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Aug 24, 1978
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 29 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 29 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL voted yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- John Chester Culver D-IA voted yes
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted yes
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted yes
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted yes
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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