Senate roll call 904 · 95th Congress · Jul 31, 1978
To table the helms amendment to S. 2152 that would limit U.S. Participation in the witteveen facility to five years.
On Jul 31, 1978, the Senate voted 65–21 (S 2152). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 43–7, Republicans 23–13, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 65
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jul 31, 1978
By party
- Democrats43 yes · 7 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 13 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- 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
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- 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
- 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
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- 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
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- 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
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- 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
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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