Senate roll call 875 · 96th Congress · Aug 21, 1980
To table melcher amendment to H.R. 1197, adding a section proposing performance standards for surface mining on federal lands. (motion passed) see note(s) 37
On Aug 21, 1980, the Senate voted 58–36 (HR 1197). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–24, Republicans 29–12, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 36 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
- 58
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 7
- Date
- Aug 21, 1980
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 24 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 12 no
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted no
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE voted no
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL voted no
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI voted no
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD voted no
- George John Mitchell D-ME voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- Carl Levin D-MI voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- John Melcher D-MT voted no
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted no
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ voted no
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA voted no
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- 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
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- 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
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- 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
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- George John Mitchell D-ME
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME
- Carl Levin D-MI
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
Other votes
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