Senate roll call 724 · 95th Congress · Apr 11, 1978
To table helms amendment #100 to the panama canal treaty. Helms amendment #100 provides that the personnel, vehicles, vessels and aircraft of the United States
On Apr 11, 1978, the Senate voted 64–28. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 52–7, Republicans 14–21, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 64
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 9
- Date
- Apr 11, 1978
By party
- Democrats52 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 21 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Browning Allen D-AL voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
- 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
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK 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
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- 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
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- 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 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
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- 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
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- 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
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- 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
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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