To table kassebaum amendment to S. CON. RES. 86 that would add funds for general revenue sharing and would delete funds for categorical grant programs to state

On May 8, 1980, the Senate voted 30–59. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 28–22, Republicans 2–38, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 30
No: 59
Did not vote: 10
Date: May 8, 1980

By party

Democrats28 yes · 22 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans2 yes · 38 no · 1 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL voted no
Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
John Chester Culver D-IA voted no
Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted no
Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted no
Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
Carl Levin D-MI voted no
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
J. James Exon D-NE voted no
John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted yes
George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To table kassebaum amendment to S. CON. RES…: Senate Vote, May 8, 1980,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/96-S-618/to-table-kassebaum-amendment-to-s-con-res-86 (accessed 2026-10-15).