Senate roll call 507 · 96th Congress · Dec 20, 1979
To agree to H. J. RES. 467, making an urgent appropriation for administrative expenses of the chrysler corporation loan program and providing financial assistan
On Dec 20, 1979, the Senate voted 41–35. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 31–12, Republicans 10–23, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 41
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Dec 20, 1979
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 12 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 23 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA voted yes
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- 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
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- 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
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- John Melcher D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Other votes
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