Senate roll call 922 · 95th Congress · Aug 4, 1978
To amend H.R. 13467 by appropriating an additional $54.8 million for the new Senate office building and imposing a ceiling of $135 million on expenditures for t
On Aug 4, 1978, the Senate voted 65–13 (HR 13467). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 47–1, Republicans 20–11, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 13
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Aug 4, 1978
By party
- Democrats47 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 11 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- 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
- 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
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-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
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- 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
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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