Senate roll call 1153 · 95th Congress · Oct 14, 1978
To recommit the conference report on H.R. 13511, the revenue act of 1978, to the committee of conference with instructions to the Senate conferees that they ins
On Oct 14, 1978, the Senate voted 29–46 (HR 13511). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–41, Republicans 19–5, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 29
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Oct 14, 1978
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 41 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- 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
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- 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
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- 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
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- 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
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- 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
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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