Senate roll call 668 · 96th Congress · Jun 2, 1980
To amend S. 2352, authorization for council on wage and price stability, by reducing authorizations to approximately $9 million for fiscal 1980 and 1981. (motio
On Jun 2, 1980, the Senate voted 54–26 (S 2352). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–25, Republicans 35–3, Independents 1–0. 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
- 54
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jun 2, 1980
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 25 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted yes
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted yes
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted yes
- John Melcher D-MT voted yes
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted yes
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted yes
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted yes
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- 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
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- 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
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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