Senate roll call 1119 · 95th Congress · Oct 12, 1978
To table a kennedy amendment in the nature of a substitute for H.R. 5285, the medicare-medicaid administrative reform act. The kennedy amendment basically embo
On Oct 12, 1978, the Senate voted 69–18 (HR 5285). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–16, Republicans 32–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 69
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Oct 12, 1978
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 16 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans32 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- John Chester Culver D-IA voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN voted no
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN voted no
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
- James George Abourezk D-SD voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
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
- 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
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- 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
- Richard Green Lugar R-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 William Brooke III R-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- 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
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- 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
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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