Senate roll call 1055 · 95th Congress · Sep 27, 1978
To pass H.R. 12929.
On Sep 27, 1978, the Senate voted 71–13 (HR 12929). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 49–3, Republicans 25–9, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 71
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Sep 27, 1978
By party
- Democrats49 yes · 3 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- 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
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- 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
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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