Senate roll call 127 · 95th Congress · Apr 29, 1977
To amend H.R. 3477 by extending for six quarters until september 30, 1978 the anti-recession assistance program.
On Apr 29, 1977, the Senate voted 64–17 (HR 3477). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 49–1, Republicans 18–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 64
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Apr 29, 1977
By party
- Democrats49 yes · 1 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 16 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- 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
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-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
How each senator voted: No
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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