Senate roll call 624 · 96th Congress · May 8, 1980
To table percy amendmend to S. CON. RES. 86 that would have reduced spending, lessened tax burdens, and alleviated american dependence on foreign oil by improvi
On May 8, 1980, the Senate voted 50–39. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 36–14, Republicans 14–24, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 50
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- May 8, 1980
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 14 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 24 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- 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
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- John William Warner R-VA voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-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
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- John William Warner R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Other votes
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