Senate roll call 368 · 96th Congress · Oct 22, 1979
To adopt the conference report on H.R. 4580, fiscal 1980 appropriations for the district of columbia government.
On Oct 22, 1979, the Senate voted 64–19 (HR 4580). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 43–5, Republicans 21–14, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- 64
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Oct 22, 1979
By party
- Democrats43 yes · 5 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 14 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted no
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA voted no
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-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
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- 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
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
Did not vote
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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