Senate roll call 353 · 95th Congress · Sep 8, 1977
To table the hansen amendment #836 to S. 977. The hansen amendment strikes from the clean air act amendments of 1977 the section authorizing the President to
On Sep 8, 1977, the Senate voted 44–47 (S 977). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 41–17, Republicans 5–29, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 44
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Sep 8, 1977
By party
- Democrats41 yes · 17 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 29 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- 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
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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