Senate roll call 822 · 95th Congress · Jun 28, 1978
To table the helms amendment to S. 3076, the bill authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 1979 for the department of state, the international communications
On Jun 28, 1978, the Senate voted 48–42 (S 3076). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 38–16, Republicans 10–26, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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
- 48
- No
- 42
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Jun 28, 1978
By party
- Democrats38 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 26 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted yes
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- 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
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- 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
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- 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
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- 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
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
Other votes
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