Senate roll call 972 · 96th Congress · Nov 12, 1980
To table weicker amendment to H.R. 7584, 1981 appropriations for departments of state, justice, commerce, and judiciary, that would permit the department of jus
On Nov 12, 1980, the Senate voted 34–46 (HR 7584). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–34, Republicans 19–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 30 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
- 34
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Nov 12, 1980
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 34 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 15 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted no
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted yes
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE voted yes
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL voted yes
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA voted yes
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY voted yes
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted no
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN voted no
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN voted no
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted yes
- J. James Exon D-NE voted yes
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted no
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV voted yes
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted yes
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD voted no
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted yes
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX voted yes
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted yes
- Jennings Randolph D-WV voted yes
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- 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
- John William Warner R-VA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL
- Howell Thomas Heflin 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
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Efthemios Tsongas D-MA
- 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
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
Did not vote
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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