Senate roll call 785 · 96th Congress · Jun 28, 1980
To pass H.R. 7542. (motion passed) see note(s) 33
On Jun 28, 1980, the Senate voted 53–22 (HR 7542). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 36–6, Republicans 19–15, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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
- 53
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jun 28, 1980
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 6 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 15 no · 7 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
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA voted no
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- Jesse Helms R-NC voted no
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- 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
- 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
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- 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
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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