Senate roll call 233 · 96th Congress · Jul 30, 1979
To table melcher amendment to exon amendment to S. 1319 (see RC 234). (motion failed)
On Jul 30, 1979, the Senate voted 40–57 (S 1319). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–44, Republicans 27–13, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 40
- No
- 57
- Did not vote
- 4
- Date
- Jul 30, 1979
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 44 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 13 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
The bill
S. 1319: A bill to authorize certain construction at military installations, and for other purposes.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- 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
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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