Senate roll call 525 · 96th Congress · Jan 29, 1980
To pass S. 2012, authorizing additional funds for fiscal 1980 for economic assistance to nicaragua and honduras. (motion passed)
On Jan 29, 1980, the Senate voted 55–34 (S 2012). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 36–15, Republicans 19–18, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 33 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
- 55
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Jan 29, 1980
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 15 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 18 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted no
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted no
- J. James Exon D-NE voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK 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
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT voted no
- John William Warner R-VA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- 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
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-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
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- 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
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- 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
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- 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
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
Other votes
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