To table allen amendment #8 to the byrd (WV) executive amendment #21 (see RC 54) to the neutrality treaty. Amendment #8 states that the United States shall be

On Mar 13, 1978, the Senate voted 53–34. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–11, Republicans 14–23, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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: 53
No: 34
Did not vote: 15
Date: Mar 13, 1978

By party

Democrats40 yes · 11 no · 14 didn’t vote
Republicans14 yes · 23 no · 1 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA voted yes
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
John Melcher D-MT voted no
Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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