Senate roll call 72 · 95th Congress · Mar 24, 1977
To table the tower unprinted amendment #97 to S. RES. 110. The tower amendment #97 is similar to #96 (see RC 71) with the exception that it allows Senate member
On Mar 24, 1977, the Senate voted 53–28 (SRE 110). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 41–10, Republicans 12–18, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 28
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 24, 1977
By party
- Democrats41 yes · 10 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 18 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR voted no
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted yes
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- 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
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-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
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Other votes
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