Senate roll call 483 · 95th Congress · Sep 28, 1977
To table abourezk amendment #1076 to the pearson-bentsen substitute (see RC 390) for S. 2104. Amendment #1076 sets the price of new offshore natural gas at $1.
On Sep 28, 1977, the Senate voted 64–29 (S 2104). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 30–27, Republicans 33–3, 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
- 64
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Sep 28, 1977
By party
- Democrats30 yes · 27 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans33 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE 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
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ 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
- James George Abourezk D-SD voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-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
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- 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
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- 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
- 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
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
Other votes
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