Senate roll call 1064 · 95th Congress · Sep 29, 1978
To table stafford amendment #1960 to kennedy amendment #1959 to S. 2474. The stafford amendment requires that counseling services be provided for all pregnant
On Sep 29, 1978, the Senate voted 66–19 (S 2474). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 42–10, Republicans 23–9, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 members voted against their own party.
During the 95th Congress (1977–1978), Jimmy Carter was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 66
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Sep 29, 1978
By party
- Democrats42 yes · 10 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 9 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK voted no
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL voted no
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR voted no
- Alan Cranston D-CA voted no
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT voted no
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT voted no
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL voted no
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA voted no
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD voted no
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI voted no
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN voted no
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ voted no
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ voted no
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM voted no
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY voted no
- Robert William Packwood R-OR voted no
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI voted no
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT voted no
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT voted no
The bill
How each senator voted: Yes
- Theodore Fulton (Ted) Stevens R-AK
- Dale Bumpers D-AR
- Barry Morris Goldwater R-AZ
- Dennis Webster Deconcini D-AZ
- Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa R-CA
- Gary Warren Hart D-CO
- Joseph Robinette (Joe) Biden Jr. D-DE
- William Victor Roth Jr. R-DE
- Lawton Mainor Chiles Jr. D-FL
- Richard Bernard Stone D-FL
- Herman Eugene Talmadge D-GA
- Daniel Ken Inouye D-HI
- Spark Masayuki Matsunaga D-HI
- John Chester Culver D-IA
- Richard Clarence (Dick) Clark D-IA
- Frank Forrester Church D-ID
- Charles Harting Percy R-IL
- Birch Evans Bayh D-IN
- Richard Green Lugar R-IN
- Robert Joseph (Bob) Dole R-KS
- Walter Darlington Huddleston D-KY
- Wendell Hampton Ford D-KY
- Russell Billiu Long D-LA
- Edward Moore (Ted) Kennedy D-MA
- Paul Spyros Sarbanes D-MD
- Edmund Sixtus Muskie D-ME
- John Claggett Danforth R-MO
- Thomas Francis Eagleton D-MO
- James Oliver Eastland D-MS
- John Cornelius Stennis D-MS
- Jesse Helms R-NC
- Robert Burren Morgan D-NC
- Milton Ruben Young R-ND
- Quentin Northrup Burdick D-ND
- Carl Thomas Curtis R-NE
- Edward Zorinsky D-NE
- John Anthony Durkin D-NH
- Pete Vichi Domenici R-NM
- Howard Walter Cannon D-NV
- Daniel Patrick Moynihan D-NY
- Howard Morton Metzenbaum D-OH
- John Herschel Glenn Jr. D-OH
- Dewey Follett Bartlett R-OK
- Henry Louis Bellmon R-OK
- Henry John Heinz III R-PA
- Richard Schultz Schweiker R-PA
- Claiborne de Borda Pell D-RI
- Ernest Frederick (Fritz) Hollings D-SC
- James Strom Thurmond R-SC
- George Stanley Mcgovern D-SD
- James George Abourezk D-SD
- Howard Henry Baker Jr. R-TN
- James Ralph Sasser D-TN
- Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr. D-TX
- Edwin Jacob (Jake) Garn R-UT
- Orrin Grant Hatch R-UT
- Harry Flood Byrd Jr. I-VA
- William Lloyd Scott R-VA
- Henry Martin (Scoop) Jackson D-WA
- Warren Grant Magnuson D-WA
- Gaylord Anton Nelson D-WI
- William Proxmire D-WI
- Jennings Randolph D-WV
- Robert Carlyle Byrd D-WV
- Clifford Peter Hansen R-WY
- Malcolm Wallop R-WY
How each senator voted: No
- Maurice Robert (Mike) Gravel D-AK
- John Jackson Sparkman D-AL
- Kaneaster Hodges Jr. D-AR
- Alan Cranston D-CA
- Abraham Alexander Ribicoff D-CT
- Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. R-CT
- Adlai Ewing III Stevenson D-IL
- Edward William Brooke III R-MA
- Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. R-MD
- Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. D-MI
- Muriel Buck Humphrey D-MN
- Clifford Philip Case R-NJ
- Harrison Arlington Williams Jr. D-NJ
- Harrison Hagan Schmitt R-NM
- Jacob Koppel Javits R-NY
- Robert William Packwood R-OR
- John Hubbard Chafee R-RI
- Patrick Joseph Leahy D-VT
- Robert Theodore Stafford R-VT
Did not vote
- James Browning Allen D-AL
- Maryon Pittman Allen D-AL
- John Little Mcclellan D-AR
- Floyd Kirk Haskell D-CO
- Samuel Augustus Nunn D-GA
- James Albertus Mcclure R-ID
- James Blackwood Pearson R-KS
- John Bennett Johnston Jr. D-LA
- William Dodd Hathaway D-ME
- Robert Paul Griffin R-MI
- Hubert Horatio Humphrey Jr. D-MN
- Wendell Richard Anderson D-MN
- John Melcher D-MT
- Lee Warren Metcalf D-MT
- Paul Gerhart Hatfield D-MT
- Thomas James Mcintyre D-NH
- Paul Dominique Laxalt R-NV
- Mark Odom Hatfield R-OR
- John Goodwin Tower R-TX
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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