Senate roll call 323 · 96th Congress · Sep 28, 1979
To insist on Senate amendment no. 12, relative to liveable cities, to H.R. 4394, HUD appropriations. (motion passed)
On Sep 28, 1979, the Senate voted 35–30 (HR 4394). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–20, Republicans 19–10, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 27 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
- 35
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Sep 28, 1979
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 20 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted yes
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted yes
- John Chester Culver D-IA voted yes
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted yes
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted yes
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Melcher D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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