Senate roll call 1107 · 95th Congress · Oct 10, 1978
To amend H.R. 13511 by reducing the corporate tax rate to 46% in 1979, 45% in 1980 and 44% in 1981.
On Oct 10, 1978, the Senate voted 60–30 (HR 13511). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–30, Republicans 35–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 60
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Oct 10, 1978
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 30 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted yes
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- 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
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga 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
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- 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
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- 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
- 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
Did not vote
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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