Senate roll call 282 · 95th Congress · Jul 13, 1977
To table the kennedy amendment (see RC 281) to H.R. 7553.
On Jul 13, 1977, the Senate voted 51–44 (HR 7553). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–33, Republicans 27–11, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 34 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
- 51
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Jul 13, 1977
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 33 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 11 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted yes
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield 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
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- 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
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- 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
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- 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
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
Did not vote
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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