Senate roll call 999 · 95th Congress · Aug 24, 1978
To table the percy amendment to S. 2640, a bill reforming the civil service laws. The percy amendment allows the merit systems protection board to make a findi
On Aug 24, 1978, the Senate voted 60–31 (S 2640). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 54–3, Republicans 6–28, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 31
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Aug 24, 1978
By party
- Democrats54 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 28 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO voted no
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA voted no
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH voted no
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- 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
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- 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
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-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
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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