Senate roll call 529 · 96th Congress · Jan 30, 1980
To amend H.R. 3236 by striking the section relating to use of the internal revenue service to collect child support for non-afdc families. (motion failed) see n
On Jan 30, 1980, the Senate voted 28–66 (HR 3236). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–49, Republicans 21–16, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 28
- No
- 66
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Jan 30, 1980
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 49 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 16 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted yes
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
- William Thad Cochran R-MS voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- 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
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone 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
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- 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
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- 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
Did not vote
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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