Senate roll call 711 · 95th Congress · Mar 22, 1978
To table division 2 of the allen amendment #86 to the panama canal treaty. Division 2 of the allen amendment protects the right of the United States to negotia
On Mar 22, 1978, the Senate voted 52–42. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–18, Republicans 13–23, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 52
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Mar 22, 1978
By party
- Democrats40 yes · 18 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 23 no · 2 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
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted no
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA 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
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT voted no
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC 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
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- 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
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-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
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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