To table the bentsen motion to reconsider the vote by which the metzenbaum amendment #1118 (see RC 428) was tabled.

On Sep 27, 1977, the Senate voted 65–30 (S 2104). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 31–26, Republicans 33–4, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 30 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: 65
No: 30
Did not vote: 9
Date: Sep 27, 1977

By party

Democrats31 yes · 26 no · 8 didn’t vote
Republicans33 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted no
Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
John Chester Culver D-IA voted no
Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted no
Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted no
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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