Senate roll call 883 · 96th Congress · Aug 21, 1980
To table byrd amendment to H.R. 1197, exempting states from having to comply with federal strip mining regulations. (motion failed) see note(s) 37
On Aug 21, 1980, the Senate voted 43–46 (HR 1197). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–32, Republicans 25–14, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 31 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
- 43
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Aug 21, 1980
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 32 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 14 no · 2 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
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI voted yes
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL voted no
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN voted yes
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted no
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted no
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA voted yes
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC voted yes
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV voted yes
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- 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
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- 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
- 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
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- 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
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- 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
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- 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
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- 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
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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