Senate roll call 359 · 96th Congress · Oct 15, 1979
To amend byrd amendment to H.R. 4930, interior appropriations ry providing emergency fuel assistance funds to be transferred to the director of the community se
On Oct 15, 1979, the Senate voted 43–47 (HR 4930). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 24–29, Republicans 19–18, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 42 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
- 43
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Oct 15, 1979
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 29 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 18 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted yes
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- John Chester Culver D-IA voted yes
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA voted yes
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA voted yes
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted yes
- Carl Levin D-MI voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- 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
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted yes
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted yes
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted yes
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted yes
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- 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
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- 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
- 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
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- John William Warner R-VA
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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