Senate roll call 986 · 96th Congress · Nov 20, 1980
To agree to the conference report on H. CON. RES. 448, congressional budget resolution. (motion passed)
On Nov 20, 1980, the Senate voted 50–38. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 36–17, Republicans 14–20, Independents 0–1. 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
- 50
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Nov 20, 1980
By party
- Democrats36 yes · 17 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK voted yes
- Donald Wilbur Stewart D-AL voted no
- Howell Thomas Heflin D-AL voted no
- Dale Bumpers D-AR voted no
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR voted no
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ voted yes
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ voted no
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO voted no
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID voted no
- Nancy Landon Kassebaum R-KS voted yes
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS voted yes
- William Sebastian Cohen R-ME voted yes
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO voted no
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND voted yes
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE voted no
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM voted yes
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH voted no
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH voted no
- David Lyle Boren D-OK voted no
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK voted yes
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted yes
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA voted yes
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA voted yes
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted yes
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC voted yes
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN voted no
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX voted yes
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA voted no
- William Proxmire D-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-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
- 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
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- John Melcher D-MT
- Max Sieben Baucus D-MT
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- J. James Exon D-NE
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- William Warren (Bill) Bradley D-NJ
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Robert William Packwood 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
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- 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
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- David Hampton Pryor D-AR
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- William Lester Armstrong R-CO
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Roger William Jepsen R-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- David Ferdinand Durenberger R-MN
- Rudolph Eli (Rudy) Boschwitz R-MN
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- William Thad Cochran R-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- Gordon John Humphrey R-NH
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- David Lyle Boren D-OK
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- John William Warner R-VA
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Alan Kooi Simpson R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
Did not vote
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- Larry Lee Pressler R-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
Other votes
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