To invoke cloture and end debate on the zimmerman nomination to the NLRB. (motion failed; 3/5 required)

On Aug 4, 1980, the Senate voted 45–31. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 36–7, Republicans 10–23, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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: 45
No: 31
Did not vote: 24
Date: Aug 4, 1980

By party

Democrats36 yes · 7 no · 16 didn’t vote
Republicans10 yes · 23 no · 8 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted no
Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted no
Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted no
Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted yes
Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted yes
David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted yes
John Claggett Danforth R-MO voted yes
Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted no
Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted no
Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted yes
Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted yes
Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC voted no
Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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