Senate roll call 863 · 95th Congress · Jul 19, 1978
To amend S. 3084 by reducing the authorization levels for a variety of housing assistance programs to the levels originally requested by the President and targe
On Jul 19, 1978, the Senate voted 60–21 (S 3084). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 35–19, Republicans 26–6, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 60
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jul 19, 1978
By party
- Democrats35 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN voted no
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN voted no
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- John Anthony Durkin 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
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
Did not vote
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
Other votes
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