Senate roll call 945 · 95th Congress · Aug 10, 1978
To amend H.R. 13125 by reducing the funding for the food stamp program by $250 million.
On Aug 10, 1978, the Senate voted 38–57 (HR 13125). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–47, Republicans 25–11, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 38
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 8
- Date
- Aug 10, 1978
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 47 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 11 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL voted yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
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
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- 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
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- 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
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- 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
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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