To table the roth amendment to H.R. 12934. The roth amendment would reduce all funds appropriated in the bill by 2%.

On Aug 3, 1978, the Senate voted 21–60. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–38, Republicans 9–24, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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: 21
No: 60
Did not vote: 20
Date: Aug 3, 1978

By party

Democrats12 yes · 38 no · 15 didn’t vote
Republicans9 yes · 24 no · 5 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted yes
Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted yes
John Chester Culver D-IA voted yes
Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA voted yes
Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted yes
James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
William Dodd Hathaway D-ME voted yes
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted yes
Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN voted yes
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To table the roth amendment to H.R. 12934…: Senate Vote, Aug 3, 1978,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/95-S-916/to-table-the-roth-amendment-to-h-r-12934 (accessed 2026-10-16).