Senate roll call 577 · 95th Congress · Oct 25, 1977
To pass S. 1771, the bill extending the basic operating authority of the overseas private investment corporation (opic) until september 30, 1981.
On Oct 25, 1977, the Senate voted 69–12 (S 1771). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 43–10, Republicans 27–3, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 69
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Oct 25, 1977
By party
- Democrats43 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA 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
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell 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
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- 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
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- 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
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
Did not vote
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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