Senate roll call 1000 · 96th Congress · Nov 25, 1980
To amend H.R. 7591, agriculture appropriations, by increasing the amount of administrative and operating funds for the federal crop insurance corporation. (moti
On Nov 25, 1980, the Senate voted 38–44 (HR 7591). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 27–19, Republicans 11–25, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 members voted against their own party.
During the 96th Congress (1979–1980), Jimmy Carter was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 38
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Nov 25, 1980
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 19 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 25 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA voted yes
- John Chester Culver D-IA voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted yes
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- 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
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John William Warner R-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- 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
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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