Senate roll call 282 · 96th Congress · Sep 14, 1979
To table cranston amendment to S. 14 that exempts lands within the imperial irrigation district of california from certain provisions of the federal reclamation
On Sep 14, 1979, the Senate voted 39–44 (S 14). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–36, Republicans 29–8, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 39
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Sep 14, 1979
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 36 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 8 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME voted yes
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- 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
- Samuel Augustus Nunn 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
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- J. James Exon D-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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