Senate roll call 614 · 95th Congress · Nov 3, 1977
To table the bellmon motion to commit H.R. 9346 to the committee on finance with instructions to report it back in february of 1978.
On Nov 3, 1977, the Senate voted 54–36 (HR 9346). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 44–13, Republicans 11–24, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 54
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Nov 3, 1977
By party
- Democrats44 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 24 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT voted no
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted yes
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- James George Abourezk D-SD voted no
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- 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
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- 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
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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