Senate roll call 588 · 95th Congress · Oct 28, 1977
To amend H.R. 5263 so as to delete the proposed tax credit for the production of oil and gas from nonconventional sources such as shale rock.
On Oct 28, 1977, the Senate voted 35–49 (HR 5263). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 33–23, Republicans 3–26, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 35
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Oct 28, 1977
By party
- Democrats33 yes · 23 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 26 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted no
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
The bill
H.R. 5263: A bill to suspend until the close of June 30, 1979, the duty on certain bicycle parts.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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