Senate roll call 1100 · 95th Congress · Oct 9, 1978
That the Senate sustain the ruling of the chair that the heinz amendment #4078 to H.R. 13511 is out of order because it would cause U.S. Revenues to be less tha
On Oct 9, 1978, the Senate voted 65–22 (HR 13511). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 46–8, Republicans 19–14, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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
- 65
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Oct 9, 1978
By party
- Democrats46 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 14 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted no
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Malcolm Wallop 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
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-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
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- 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
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- 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
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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