Senate roll call 203 · 95th Congress · Jun 14, 1977
To pass H.R. 5262.
On Jun 14, 1977, the Senate voted 59–30 (HR 5262). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 39–15, Republicans 20–14, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 29 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
- 59
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jun 14, 1977
By party
- Democrats39 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted no
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- 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
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-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
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Anthony Durkin 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
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- 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
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
Did not vote
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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