To table the chiles amendment to H.R. 4389 that reduced ceta title VI public service jobs to 100,000 through attrition by end of fiscal 1980. (motion passed) se

On Jul 20, 1979, the Senate voted 50–43 (HR 4389). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 40–13, Republicans 11–29, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 50
No: 43
Did not vote: 7
Date: Jul 20, 1979

By party

Democrats40 yes · 13 no · 6 didn’t vote
Republicans11 yes · 29 no · 1 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted yes
Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted no
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted no
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted yes
James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted no
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
William Proxmire D-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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