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On May 19, 1977, the Senate voted 25–67 (S 7). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–39, Republicans 7–28, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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: 25
No: 67
Did not vote: 11
Date: May 19, 1977

By party

Democrats18 yes · 39 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans7 yes · 28 no · 3 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted yes
Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted yes
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
Robert Paul Griffin R-MI voted yes
Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN voted yes
Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted yes
Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted yes
Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted yes
Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI 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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