To amend S. CON. RES. 19 by restoring the total figures in the budget to the levels first approved by the budget committee.

On May 4, 1977, the Senate voted 35–52 (SCR 19). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–40, Republicans 20–12, 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: 35
No: 52
Did not vote: 17
Date: May 4, 1977

By party

Democrats14 yes · 40 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans20 yes · 12 no · 6 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted yes
Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted yes
Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted yes
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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