To table the metzenbaum amendment to H.R. 7200, the sugar stabilization act, an amendment which holds the support price of sugar at 15 cents a pound.

On Oct 12, 1978, the Senate voted 47–25 (HR 7200). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 31–15, Republicans 15–10, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 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: 47
No: 25
Did not vote: 32
Date: Oct 12, 1978

By party

Democrats31 yes · 15 no · 19 didn’t vote
Republicans15 yes · 10 no · 13 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted no
John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted no
James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
William Proxmire D-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To table the metzenbaum amendment to H.R…: Senate Vote, Oct 12, 1978,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/95-S-1124/to-table-the-metzenbaum-amendment-to-h-r-7200 (accessed 2026-10-17).