Senate roll call 1105 · 95th Congress · Oct 10, 1978
To table danforth amendment #4054 to H.R. 13511. The danforth amendment authorizes the reduction of the corporate tax rate to 46% in 1979 and 1980, and 44% in
On Oct 10, 1978, the Senate voted 44–37 (HR 13511). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–9, Republicans 3–31, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 44
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Oct 10, 1978
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 9 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 31 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- 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
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- 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
- John Melcher D-MT
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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